MLB · P (listed) · Philadelphia Phillies
Nestor Cortes
B/T R/L · 5' 10" · 225 lb · born Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba · age 31 · draft 2017 rd 1 · MLB debut 2018-03-31
Reassigned to Minors (roster status, as of )
Scout’s note
Born in Surgidero de Batabano, Cuba, Cortes was a first-rounder in 2017 and has pitched in 143 big-league games since his 2018 debut — 604 strikeouts along the way.
What he’s paid
ArbitrationA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s, as of .
- 2026 salary
- $0.05M
- Tax hit
- $0.05M
- Service time
- 6 yr 94 d
- Options left
- 2 / 3
The deal 1 year $1.5M (2026)
On the sheet: 1 y/$1.5M (26) ($250,000 MiLB) · agent Wasserman
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2027 |
|---|---|
| Cash | Free agent |
| Tax hit | — |
Regime flagged: the sheet's out-year codes read arbitration and 6.094 reads free_agency. Kept the sheet's; Super Two and optional assignments move this line and the service boundary cannot see them.
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Philadelphia Phillies.
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The line
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