Nestor Cortes (28) of the New York Yankees of the American Professional Baseball Major League (MLB), famous for his “irregular pitching form,” was withdrawn from the US national team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic (WBC) due to an injury.
MLB.com reported on the 14th (Korean time), “Left-handed pitcher Cortés, who was selected for the U.S. national team, cannot compete in the WBC due to a left hamstring injury.”
Cortés - AFP
After entering the big leagues in 2018, after playing with the Baltimore Orioles and Seattle Mariners, Cordes, who wore a Yankees uniform last year, became the team's ace with 12-4 and an average ERA of 2.44. He became especially famous for stealing timing from hitters with his ever-changing pitching form. However, a hamstring injury while running prevented him from pitching normally for several weeks, and his hopes of competing in the WBC disappeared. It is not impossible if he overdoes it, but it is known that the influence of the Yankees team, which has been consistently passive in recruiting WBC players, is also known.
MLB.com said, "Cortez has been steadily pitching and weight training, so I believe he will have enough time to prepare check here for the start of the season."
The WBC was a stage that Cortés longed for. “I was really looking forward to it,” 오산출장마사지 said Cortés, a Cuban exile. He wanted to throw on behalf of the US team,” he said. “America is a country that gave me many opportunities to get to where I am now. I am so disappointed and sad.”
Freeland - AFP
As Cortés falls, another left-hander, Kyle Freeland (29, Colorado Rockies) fills the vacancy. Freeland is a franchise star who debuted in Colorado in 2014 and is still active. He showed outstanding competitiveness at Coors Field, which is called the 'graveyard of pitchers'. In 2017, his big league debut season, he went 11-11 with an ERA of 4.10, and the following year he went 17-7 with an ERA of 2.85.
After that, Freeland, who had been going downhill, rebounded with 9 wins (11 losses) last year, but his ERA was 4.53 and he could not show overwhelming pitching.