When manager Aaron Boone came to sit with Cortes last February, early in camp, the left-hander was unsure of his status.
He asked his manager if he was going to make the team. Boone reassured him, actually a lot more than that: “You know you are going to be in the All-Star Game, don’t you?” Boone proved prescient, not preposterous as Cortes put the “star” in startling performances last year.
So when the Yankees signed him for the third time, on a minor league deal in January 2021, he seemed more likely to eventually work at Allstate than be an All-Star. But that first graduation was not enough for Cortes. He wants his masters. He wants 30 starts and 175-plus innings .
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