 talk about some more glistening stats for Nesta Cortez and putting yourself in really good company most consecutive starts with three runs or fewer for the Yankees all-time he's too shy of their franchise record rust forward in 1910 with 20 such starts and he's best of the likes of Severino-Ginry and shock Ian in his last start Jack horror of horrors he gave up three runs and we're like oh what's wrong with Nestor because he's been that good jokingly I say that but he bounced back and after that start he said early on the slider wasn't there he was getting pitches that were too up in the zone not attractive he just got it all back together again tonight he tidied everything up tonight and every time he pitches Bob I feel as if we have to re-emphasize this yes he doesn't throw hard but what happens with his fastball is a lot of people talk about fastballs rising they don't rise but some don't drop as much as others so batters are looking for his fastball in a particular plane and his is not dropping as much as somebody who throws at the velocity that he throws should well then you factor in the cutter which is also a smidge slower velocity wise and has that cutting movement so when he has those two pitches working plus the slider that you referenced that's why you see so many feeble swings against him and so much soft contact Bob I was on the Nestor Cortez Cortez all-star train about five starts ago and just said hey if he was ever able to keep this going now it's it's more than just an idle thought the way that he is pitching it's one of the best pitchers in the American League right now and one of the things he has going for him outside of all the stuff we can see is what you mentioned while his team is trying to get point or runs on the board he's just throwing up zeros