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ALDS: Nestor Cortes Pitches Yankees Past Cleveland Guardians - The New York Times
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Nestor Cortes is the Yankees' everyman star
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Yankees Magazine: Leading Man
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Nestor Cortes delivers another gem as Yankees stymie Rays
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Yankees lefty Nestor Cortes flirts with no-hitter vs. Rangers thanks to nasty cutter
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Nestor Cortes, Jose Trevino mic'd up in All-Star Game
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Yankees ride Nestor Cortes and gang to blanking of high-and-mighty Blue Jays
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Yankees place All-Star lefty Nestor Cortés on IL
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What Yankees' Nestor Cortes is saying about new injury
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Yankees lefty starter takes big step forward in recovery
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MLB notebook: Yankees move pitcher Nestor Cortes to 60-day injured list
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Yankees' Nestor Cortes out to prove breakout season 'wasn't a fluke