Last October, his tenure in a New York Yankees uniform came to an inglorious end when he surrendered a walk-off grand slam HR to Freddie Freeman in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Yankees then traded Cortes to the Milwaukee Brewers for closer Devin Williams who has already made history with the Bronx Bombers due to the team changing its policy regarding beards last month.
This afternoon, Cortes made his return to Yankee Stadium in a Brewers uniform.
This also represented his debut with the Brewers.
His first three pitches to Paul Goldschmidt, Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge all ended up in the seats.
Then again, the trio has won a combined four MVPs between them.
This was the first time in MLB history such a thing has ever happened.
It would get worse.
Later in the first inning, Cortes gave up yet another to Yankees catcher Austin Wells.
Things did not improve for Cortes in the second inning as he gave up a 3-run HR to Anthony Volpe.
After Cortes surrendered a RBI single to Bellinger in the 3rd, Brewers manager Pat Murphy gave him the hook.
In two innings plus, Cortes gave up 8 runs on 6 hits (including 5 HR) while issuing 5 walks against 2 strikeouts.
Mind you, the Brewers bullpen didn't do much better. Judge hit two more HRs including a grand slam. Jazz Chisholm, Jr. and Oswald Peraza also added dingers of their own. In all, the Yankees hit a game record 9 HR in a 20-9 shellacking of the Brew Crew.
Perhaps Cortes will fare better next week at Miller Park facing the Cincinnati Reds.
Or perhaps today was a preview of worse things to come for Cortes.
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