This was so darn cool.
The New York Yankees have been in the news a lot lately because of Aaron Judge and his home run chase that keeps interrupting college football games. They’re also a pretty good baseball team that has won the AL East this year and are looking to win their first World Series since 2009.
One guy who should be getting more attention is lefty pitcher Nestor Cortes. He improved to 12-4 with a win over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday and should play a pivotal role in the team’s postseason run.
Cortes also has some of the coolest delayed windups in baseball. Look at what he did on Saturday with nobody on base:
Dude was staring at centerfield before striking out Baltimore’s Ryan Mountcastle. I need to see these delayed windups in the postseason.
And no, that wasn’t a balk:
Cortes, by the way, finished with 12 strike outs in 7 1/3 innings of work
Twitter had reactions to his windup:
