{"id":659,"date":"2024-11-14T14:13:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=659"},"modified":"2024-11-14T14:13:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:13:51","slug":"breaking-yankees-among-suitors-for-125-million-nestor-cortes-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=659","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Yankees Among Suitors for $125 Million Nestor Cortes Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181096574-e1731509307327.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-2181096574-e1731509307327.jpg 780w, https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1_GettyImages-2181096574-e1731509307327.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2_GettyImages-2181096574-e1731509307327.jpg 1350w\" alt=\"New York Yankees, Nestor Cortes, Jack Flaherty\" width=\"780\" height=\"440\" data-img-load-time=\"1299\" data-dom-ready-time=\"1366\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nestor Cortes walking off the mound after allowing a home run<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the trade deadline,\u00a0Jon Heyman of the New York Post\u00a0reported that the\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0made starting pitcher\u00a0Nestor Cortes\u00a0available. Cortes has since been viewed as a trade chip, given that the Yankees could use a better starter than the left-hander in their rotation.<\/p>\n<p>There are options for them on the free agency market this winter, including right-hander\u00a0Jack Flaherty. Flaherty had a bounce-back campaign, putting up numbers that should get him paid handsomely. Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that he might not reach $100 million, but that the Yankees, interested in him at the deadline, \u201ccould be in\u201d on him again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack Flaherty, right-handed starter: There\u2019s a chance Flaherty doesn\u2019t reach $100 million, but his doing so is enough of a possibility to warrant his inclusion in this tier,\u201d\u00a0Passan wrote on November 12. \u201cHe threw 162 innings in 2024, the most he had in five years, and booked a 5-to-1 strikeout-walk ratio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Washington Nationals decide to spend on an anchor for their rotation, Flaherty could make sense. And the Yankees \u2014 who killed a deal for Flaherty at the trade deadline out of concerns about his back \u2014 could be in again.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Could Flaherty Get Over $100 Million?<\/h2>\n<p>Flaherty getting over $100 million wouldn\u2019t come as a surprise. Whether that\u2019d be with the New York Yankees is one thing, but a team paying him that amount wouldn\u2019t be a bad decision.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander is coming off the best season of his career, proving why he\u2019s worthy of a $100-plus million deal. His strikeout stuff was among the best in baseball, a promising sign as he looks to continue dominating in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The recently turned 29-year-old struck out 194 hitters in 162.0 innings pitched and was a big help to the\u00a0Los Angeles Dodgers\u00a0in the second half and postseason. For the Yankees, that\u2019s another aspect to consider. They need a high-end starter when it matters most, and he proved to be just that.<\/p>\n<p>With all that in mind, R.J. Anderson of CBS Sports predicted Flaherty would land a five-year, $125 million deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlaherty enjoyed a resurgent season split across the Tigers\u00a0and\u00a0Dodgers, ensuring he won\u2019t have to settle for another one-year agreement this winter,\u201d\u00a0Anderson wrote\u00a0on November 12. \u201cIt\u2019s to be seen how much teams buy into his return to form, making it tricky to manufacture a contract guess. It only takes one True Believer for Flaherty to net something akin to the first contract Zack Wheeler\u00a0signed with the\u00a0Phillies.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Could Get Something Back for Cortes<\/h2>\n<p>If the New York Yankees were to re-sign\u00a0Juan Soto, land Flaherty, and move Cortes for a player of need at a different position, they\u2019d have one of the best winters in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s uncertain how realistic that is given Flaherty\u2019s contract expectations, but the right-hander would fit in well with this rotation. Cortes is in arbitration, so he\u2019ll likely get a deal much lower than Flaherty\u2019s prediction. Still, spending is a must if the Yankees are serious about winning.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers gave every team in baseball a blueprint, and it\u2019s time for the Yankees to follow it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Nestor Cortes walking off the mound after allowing a home run During the trade deadline,\u00a0Jon Heyman of the New York Post\u00a0reported that the\u00a0New York Yankees\u00a0made starting&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Yankees Among Suitors for $125 Million Nestor Cortes Replacement - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=659\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Yankees Among Suitors for $125 Million Nestor Cortes Replacement - 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