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Nasty in the home

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For many years, there have been Yankees pitchers who have been incredibly dominant pitching at home. But this time it's not David Wells, Steve Kline, Ralph Terry, Ron Guidry, Gerrit Cole or CC Sabathia. Let's talk about the strange season of Cuban Nestor Cortes. Nasty pitched a seven-inning shutout last night against the Cleveland Guardians at Yankee Stadium. He allowed just three hits, struck out four and walked no opponents.

The Yankees, strangely, backed Cortes with an 8-0 lead. And I say strangely because, in Cortes' 16 calls this season, only three times have the Yankees scored five or more runs—including this Wednesday night. But let me tell you what's been even more curious, and that's the difference between the Nasty he pitched at Yankee Stadium compared to the Nasty we've seen on the road.

Let's go back to the beginning, when we were talking about the Yankees' aces pitching at home. Although, well, the pitchers I mentioned were aces pitching anywhere. What will probably surprise you is that Cortes has joined the elite of that glorious club this year.

Here's a surprising statistic:

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