Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Nestor Cortes (20) begins for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers towards the South Bend Cubs throughout their baseball sport on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at Neuroscience Group Area at Fox Cities Stadium in Grand Chute, Wisconsin. South Bend defeated Wisconsin 12-3.Wm. Glasheen USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin
The San Diego Padres obtained left-handed pitcher Nestor Cortes from the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Brandon Lockridge previous to Thursday’s buying and selling deadline, in response to a number of studies.
Cortes, sidelined for practically 4 months resulting from a left elbow flexor pressure, is on the 60-day injured record. He simply accomplished a four-outing rehab stint and had a 1.00 ERA in 18 innings on the Class A and Triple-A ranges.
The Padres added Cortes to the rotation on the identical day it saved much-coveted right-hander Dylan Stop for the stretch run.
Cortes, 30, was an All-Star in 2022 when he went a career-best 12-4 with a 2.44 ERA in 28 begins for the New York Yankees.
This season, Cortes was 1-1 with a 9.00 ERA in two begins earlier than occurring the injured record. This was his first season with Milwaukee.
Cortes is 34-22 with a 3.88 ERA in 137 appearances (88 begins) in eight seasons with the Baltimore Orioles (2018), Yankees (2019, 2021-24), Seattle Mariners (2020) and Brewers.
Lockridge, 28, is batting .216 with 5 RBIs and eight steals in 47 video games for the Padres.
He has a .210 common in 100 profession at-bats over the previous two seasons.
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