Yankees' Nestor Cortes Threw Bullpen Session Friday

Nestor Cortes threw a bullpen session Friday for the New York Yankees, Chris Kirschner of The Athletic reports.

It’s incredible how quickly Cortes has gone from participating in the WBC for Team USA to suffering a hamstring injury that might keep him from making the Opening Day roster to a bullpen session that would seem to mean he won’t even miss a spring training start. Like many MLB teams, the Yankees don’t like their players participating in the WBC. They don’t want to chance that player getting hurt and missing time.

New York has already told Luis Severino they wouldn’t let him pitch, and once they heard about the injury to Cortes, no matter how minor it is, that might have been the excuse they needed to get him back to the club.

The regular season is expected to be a formality for the Yankees. They will be judged (not a pun) on what they do in the postseason. The Yankees, at +320, are second to only the Houston Astros (+200) to represent the American League in the World Series. You can find the odds for every MLB team to reach the World Series on the FanDuel Sportsbook.