[Photos] Nestor Cortes Climbing the Yankees Farm System Ladder

Nestor Cortes (Charleston RiverDogs)

Nestor Cortes with the Tampa Yankees. (Rick Ferry.)

Feature Sized-Trenton Thunder southpaw Nestor Cortes works against the Akron RubberDucks at Canal Park in Akron, OH on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Photo by Martin Griff

Nestor Cortes. Photo by Martin Griff

Feature Sized-Trenton Thunder southpaw Nestor Cortes works against the Akron RubberDucks at Canal Park in Akron, OH on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Photo by Martin Griff

Nestor Cortes pictured with the Tre(Martin Griff)

Trenton Thunder’s Nestor Cortes works in relief against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in Trenton on Thursday, June 01, 2017. (Martin Griff)

Feature Sized- Trenton Thunder’s Nestor Cortes works in relief against the Binghamton Rumble Ponies in Trenton on Thursday, June 01, 2017. (Martin Griff)

Feature Sized –Trenton Thunder’s Nestor Cortes works against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on July 23, 2017. (Martin Griff)

Trenton Thunder’s Nestor Cortes works against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on July 23, 2017. (Martin Griff)

Nestor Cortes (Estrellas Orientales)

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders starting pitcher Nestor Cortes (33) delivers a pitch during the second game of a doubleheader against the Rochester Red Wings on August 23, 2017 at Frontier Field in Rochester, New York. Rochester defeated Scranton 1-0. (Mike Janes/Four Seam Images via AP)

Nestor Cortes (Cheryl Pursell)

Nestor Cortes shut out the Bisons over 5.2 innings to help the Railriders get their first win of the season (Matt Bufano)

Nestor Cortes (Cheryl Pursell)

Nestor Cortes has (Robert M. Pimpsner)