NJ Advance Media | Randy Miller: All-Star Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 right hamstring strain and won’t be pitching in the World Baseball Classic for Team USA. His availability for Opening Day in now in question, as he will spend the next couple of weeks rehabbing. He will be permitted to play catch and work out in the meantime.
Cortes discussed the injury: “I didn’t think of it much. I thought it was just a cramp, then later that night I went to put on a shoe and felt a little pull there.