{"id":88230,"date":"2024-10-25T19:54:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T23:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=88230"},"modified":"2024-10-25T19:54:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T23:54:26","slug":"yankees-world-series-roster-cortes-berti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/10\/25\/yankees-world-series-roster-cortes-berti\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees World Series Roster: Cortes In, Berti Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees released their World Series roster ahead of Game One on Friday. They made a few changes from the American League Championship Series. Notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cortene01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nestor Cortes<\/a> is back in the mix, although he&#8217;s likely to be used out of the bullpen rather than starting. Also, utility infielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bertijo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jon Berti<\/a> was left off the roster. Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/managers\/booneaa01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Boone<\/a> revealed that Berti suffered a hip flexor injury while running the bases in Game Four of the ALCS.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our 2024 <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WorldSeries<\/a> Roster. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RepBX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RepBX<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3WSe77iSRx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/3WSe77iSRx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees\/status\/1849877373497332196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Release World Series Roster: Cortes In, Berti Out<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to Cortes, the Yankees will carry five other starters: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/colege01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerrit Cole<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rodonca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Rod\u00f3n<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schmicl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clarke Schmidt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gillu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Gil<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stromma01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Stroman<\/a>. Stroman was on the ALCS roster but did not see any action. While New York is carrying seven relievers, chances are at least some of the starters will be tapped for relief work in the series. Stroman and Cortes would be the likely choices in this regard. However, if the situation calls for it late in the series, at least one of Cole, Rod\u00f3n, Schmidt, or Gil could come in from the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>Cortes is recovering from a left elbow flexor strain <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/09\/25\/yankees-nestor-cortes-injured-list-postseason\/\" target=\"_self\">suffered in September<\/a>. He told the media he expects to be used for one inning at a time, particularly for lefty-lefty matchups. However, he is ready to go longer if needed. In 31 games this year (30 starts), he was 9-10 with a 3.77 ERA and a 1.153 WHIP. He struck out 162 in 174 1\/3 innings of work.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No Jon Berti makes more sense now <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rau4a0clWN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Rau4a0clWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talkin&#8217; Yanks (@TalkinYanks) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinYanks\/status\/1849933001540370784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Berti played more of a role than expected early in the postseason. He was used as both a pinch runner and defensive replacement, mostly at first base in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rizzoan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Rizzo<\/a>&#8216;s absence. The Yankees will miss his (mostly) deft glove work and speed on the bases in the Fall Classic. Along with their 13 pitchers, the Yankees will carry two catchers, three infielders, six outfielders, and two utility players. Those two are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chishja01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jazz Chisholm Jr.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cabreos01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-10-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oswaldo Cabrera<\/a>. Both should see time in the infield this series.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Sage Osentoski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees released their World Series roster ahead of Game One on Friday. They made a few changes from the American League Championship Series. Notably, Nestor Cortes is back in the mix, although he&#8217;s likely to be used out of the bullpen rather than starting. Also, utility infielder Jon Berti was left off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3931,"featured_media":88233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1071,35],"tags":[67,197,1418,611,5149,4956,2860,285,28788,5927],"class_list":["post-88230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-mlb","category-news","tag-anthony-rizzo","tag-carlos-rodon","tag-clarke-schmidt","tag-gerrit-cole","tag-jazz-chisholm-jr","tag-jon-berti","tag-luis-gil","tag-marcus-stroman","tag-nestor-cortes","tag-oswaldo-cabrera"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3931"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}