NEW YORK — Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes was to play catch Sunday for the primary time since happening the injured checklist with a flexor pressure in his pitching elbow.
New York supervisor Aaron Boone stated Cortes was to throw in the course of the staff’s exercise forward of Sport 2 of the American League Division Sequence in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Royals.
Cortes, 29, has not pitched since Sept. 18, and it’s unclear whether or not he’ll return to the mound this 12 months.
Cortes is 9-10 with a 3.77 ERA.