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Nestor Cortes or Alex Vesia

Who Should I Start? - Week 8 • Start New
Nestor Cortes

Nestor Cortes

SPMilwaukee Brewers MIL
Alex Vesia

Alex Vesia

RPLos Angeles Dodgers LAD
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Cortes over Vesia

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Nestor Cortes
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🔓 EXPERT ANALYSIS

Owners starting Vesia over Cortes

 
 
 
 
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Latest News Alex Vesia
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Performance Nestor Cortes
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on the past 14 days
Performance Alex Vesia
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ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
16.361-000201.822
Season stats based on the past 7 days

ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
3.601-000810.806
Season stats based on the past 14 days
Next Up Own/Start Comparison
OWN/START Nestor Cortes
OWN
19%
-2.39 compared to last week
START
 
1%
-0.28 compared to last week
OWN/START Alex Vesia
OWN
23%
-3.37 compared to last week
START
22%
-2.84 compared to last week
Next Up Consensus Rankings
Expert Consensus Nestor Cortes
120th
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Expert Consensus Alex Vesia
Not Ranked
Average Ranking of Fantasy Experts
Next Up Player Breakdowns
Breakdown Nestor Cortes

    Overview

  • Experts rank this player at 120th among SP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 185th.
  • The current leader among SP's is Zack Wheeler
  • He is doing dreadful lately. If he is star player then he should rebound.
  • In the past two weeks he has had an awful lot of time off and he's listed on the injury report. He may have some nagging injuries with his Elbow (Since Apr 6, 2025). Stay clear of him if its going to stick around, otherwise now is the time to get a guy at a bargain price since he is hurt. Check out his player news.
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Slight decline in numbers lately at 2.7 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: -3, WHIP: +0.66, ERA: +4.94, K's: -43, Walks: -4
  • The season is still young, expect things to change quite a bit.
Breakdown Alex Vesia

    Overview

  • Experts don't even rank him among RP's. Based on his stats from the past 60 days, he is currently ranked 37th.
  • The current leader among RP's is Andres Munoz
  • Trending Pitching Stats

  • Top 100 in WHIP and is currently ranked 99th
  • Currently ranked 134th in ERA with 3.75
  • Top 25 in strikeouts and is currently ranked 25th with 29
  • Top 75 in saves and is currently ranked 61st with 1
  • Top 15 in holds and is currently ranked 12th with 9
  • His average points in the past two weeks have remained fairly consistant and rose slightly by 0.2 PPG.
  • At this point in the season his numbers compared to last years: W: EVEN, L: -2, WHIP: -0.092, ERA: +1.783, K's: +8, Walks: -5
Next Up Health Check
Injury Nestor Cortes

ELBOW - Since Apr 6, 2025

Cortes is dealing with a left elbow flexor strain and has been placed on the 60-day injured list. He is expected to miss at least the first half of the 2025 season.
Injury Alex Vesia

No Injury Reported

Next Up Matchup Comparison
Matchups Nestor Cortes
DateOpponentResult
May 12@CLEJakob JunisL 5-0
May 13@CLELogan AllenL 2-0
May 14@CLEGavin Williams
May 16VS MINJoe Ryan
May 17VS MINPablo Lopez
May 18VS MIN
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Matchups Alex Vesia
DateOpponentResult
May 13VS ATHJeffrey SpringsL 1-11
May 14VS ATHGunnar Hoglund
May 15VS ATHOsvaldo Bido
May 16VS LAAJack Kochanowicz
May 17VS LAATyler Anderson
May 18VS LAAYusei Kikuchi
ERA W-L HLD SV SO WLK WHIP GP
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Season stats based on this weeks opponents
Next Up Ratings Comparison
Rating Nestor Cortes
7.19
FantasySP Player Rating
Rating Alex Vesia
11.94
FantasySP Player Rating
Next Up Career Comparison
Career Nestor Cortes
YEAR TM APP INN PC K WLK SV W-L ERA WHIP K/9 PTS
2018 BAL 4 4.2 108 3 4 0 0-0 7.72 3 5.8 1
2019 NYY 33 62.0 1301 69 28 0 5-1 6.1 1.66 10 126
2020 SEA 5 7.2 165 8 6 0 0-1 15.26 2.35 9.4 -2
2021 NYY 19 75.1 1239 80 21 0 2-3 3.11 1.1 9.6 163
2022 NYY 29 159.2 2493 154 41 0 12-4 2.71 0.96 8.7 427
2023 NYY 12 63.1 1068 67 20 0 5-2 4.97 1.25 9.5 146
2024 NYY 33 174.0 2866 163 40 0 9-10 3.88 1.17 8.4 373
2025 MIL 2 8.0 150 8 7 0 1-1 9 1.75 9 12
ON PACE 7 31 565 30 26 0 3-3 9 1.75 9 45
3-YEAR AVG 25 131 2142 128 34 0 9-5 3.6 1.1 8.7 315
Career 137 550.0 9390 552 167 0 0-0 4.11 1.21 9
Career Alex Vesia
YEAR TM GP H HR R RBI SB BB AVG OBP SLG PTS
2020 MIA 5 . . . 0
2021 LAD 48 . . . 0
2022 LAD 64 . . . 0
2023 LAD 57 . . . 0
2024 LAD 74 . . . 0
2025 LAD 21 . . . 0
ON PACE 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 . . . 0
3-YEAR AVG 65 . . . 0
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