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Young Mets pitcher who drew Yankees' Nestor Cortes comparison out for the year

Young Mets pitcher who drew Yankees' Nestor Cortes comparison out for the year

Mets prospect Nate Lavender was one of the standouts of spring training in March. On Thursday, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns announced that Lavender was undergoing a “variation of Tommy John surgery” to reporters at Citizens Bank Park. Lavender will get an internal bracing procedure that will knock him out for the rest of the year.