Yankees' Nestor Cortes heading to IL with groin injury: report

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The New York Yankees’ best starter this season, Nestor Cortes, is reportedly heading to the injured list with a groin injury, according to multiple media outlets.

This is the last thing the Bronx Bombers wanted to see, as Cortes is currently enjoying the best year of his career to date in the big leagues, earning his first All-Star appearance and producing consistent starts each time out. 

There’s no word on how long Cortes will be unavailable.

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Nestor Cortes of the New York Yankees pitches in the second inning during a game against the Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, on July 24, 2022. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

The 27-year-old leads the Yankees’ starting rotation with a 2.68 ERA over 131 innings in 23 starts this season. It’s easily the biggest workload he’s had to endure in his career to this point, surpassing the 93 innings he pitched last season when the Yankees picked him up. 

Cortes showed no signs of injury or struggle in his last outing against the Toronto Blue Jays, tossing 103 pitches over six innings and allowing one run. 

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New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes faces the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on July 8, 2022. (Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

Now it will be up to the rest of the rotation — Gerrit Cole, Frankie Montas, Domingo German and Jameson Taillon — to pick up the slack. The Yankees are reportedly calling up Greg Weissert from the minor leagues to fill Cortes’ spot on the roster, but that doesn’t fill the need at