Nestor Cortes — son of South Florida and Cuba — eager to start in Miami against the Marlins

MIAMI— The last time the Yankees visited the Marlins, Nestor Cortes found himself filling an unusual role in a familiar setting. A resident of nearby Hialeah, Florida, Cortes had to pinch-run late in the game with the Yankees’ bench depleted. “That was pretty cool,” Cortes told the Daily News of his awkward stumble around the bases in 2021, but he added that it would also...

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