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The mercurial pitcher propelled New York to victory on Monday while practicing a lesson learned from teammate Gerrit Cole and Yankees legend Andy Pettitte.

The New York starter was charged with eight earned runs in his final appearance of the year.

Pitching in his first postseason home game as a Yankee, Cole exhibited escapability that’s occasionally eluded him to lead New York to victory over Cleveland.

NEW YORK — This winter, Nestor Cortes called pitching coach Matt Blake, just to check and make sure he had a spot on the big league roster. A 38th-round draft pick who has had to earn every start and promotion in his career, Cortes didn’t want to leave anything to…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Manny Banuelos knew that eventually, his journey would end with him wearing a Yankees uniform in the big leagues. It just took a lot longer for it to happen. In 2008, Banuelos was signed out of his native Mexico and was considered one of the brightest…

Luis Severino isn’t the same person who last made a start here at Yankee Stadium. Since September 2019, Severino has been through major surgery, a bunch of nagging injuries and a journey to become a better, more sustainable pitcher.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Deivi Garcia has been competing since before he got to Tampa this spring.

Over the past two years, COVID-19 battered the live entertainment industry with illness, lockdowns, closures, postponements and capacity restrictions. But in the same time period, talent agents have seen a revival in stand-up comedy, driven partly by surprisingly strong demand for live shows.

TAMPA, Fla. — It took Nestor Cortes a while to figure it out. The Cuban native, who grew up outside of Miami and was picked by the Yankees in the 36th round of the 2013 draft, spent the first five years of his professional pitching career just trying not to…