The New York Yankees have been in the news a lot lately because of Aaron Judge and his home run chase that keeps interrupting college football games. They’re also a pretty good baseball team that has won the AL East this year and are looking to win their first World Series since 2009.
One guy who should be getting more attention is lefty pitcher Nestor Cortes. He improved to 12-4 with a win over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday and should play a pivotal role in the team’s postseason run.
Cortes also has some of the coolest delayed windups in baseball. Look at what he did on Saturday with nobody on base:
Nestor F's around…and Mountcastle finds out.
10th K thru 6. pic.twitter.com/6yRco2e0hV
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 1, 2022
Dude was staring at centerfield before striking out Baltimore’s Ryan Mountcastle. I need to see these delayed windups in the postseason.
And no, that wasn’t a balk:
There's no one on base.
By definition it can't be a balk.— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) October 2, 2022
Cortes, by the way, finished with 12 strike outs in 7 1/3 innings of work
Twitter had reactions to his windup:
Can Nestor please leave the Yanks so I can buy his jersey lol https://t.co/vCZ0vSqJKe
— Nick Avila (@NickVanExelent) October 2, 2022
PITCH THE BALL ALREADY !!
– The batter https://t.co/57gZLa1EP5
— Pénombre Goyette (@ParleAvecLeY) October 2, 2022
Nasty Nestor https://t.co/pRZh5wx6p3
— ª (@Guarapinha_) October 2, 2022
Nestor is a wild boi https://t.co/Gken04SWb5
— Nick Tuths (@NickTuths) October 2, 2022
very inspiring https://t.co/qcFxdU99wM
— enock (@buriedmeinwater) October 2, 2022
https://t.co/vsGXlLdrDE pic.twitter.com/sCJQ3Uqy6p
— Dylan Cypert (@dylancypert) October 2, 2022
Shananagans https://t.co/PmCsmRRHHy
— Roy D Mercer (@RDByGodMercer) October 2, 2022
Confirmed – Nestor Cortes is a magician. https://t.co/gJoJ3laAmJ
— "Thunder Dan" Palyo (@ThunderDanDFS) October 1, 2022
Trying this in Sunday league next year https://t.co/tXPg2AbA1q
— Refugees Son (@Jamesromer76) October 1, 2022
Me striking out my niece and nephew https://t.co/BSeSH6emkZ
— Gabe (@gabrield31) October 1, 2022
