Is New York Starting Pitcher Nestor Cortes Going To Be Ready To Pitch In Spring Training Games? New York Manager Aaron Boone Provides Update On Nestor Cortes Following Right Hamstring Strain

New York starting pitcher Nestor Cortes sustained right hamstring strain that prevented him from pitching in World Baseball Classic.

With that in mind,

Is New York starting pitcher Nestor Cortes going to be ready to pitch in Spring Training games for New York for the team that wears the pinstripes?

New York manager Aaron Boone provided update on Nestor Cortes saying His bullpens have been really sharp, and then his stuff and command … that’s as sharp as it gets right there,’He mixed in a good changeup, which was encouraging to see. Really good stuff from him.

“The hamstring keeps responding. He’s still in there, finishing his conditioning stuff. He ran and did some agility stuff on the field. And he threw. It has responded really well, which is good to see.’’

Nestor Cortes is going to likely pitch in another live batting practice before being inserted into exhibition game.

Though,

New York manager Aaron Boone wasn’t the only one to provide update on Nestor Cortes right hamstring injury that prevented him pitching in World Baseball Classic as Nestor Cortes himself was as well by saying “I thought actually I was a lot better than what I thought I would be,’’Just because in my first live [batting practice], I didn’t know how my leg was going to react with the intensity and facing those guys, so I thought it was a lot better than I expected.’’

“According to Joey Johnston article on mlb.com”