Need to see a lefty starter hurling triple-digit fastballs in a conflict of two high contenders? Simply tune into Monday night time’s recreation between the Yankees and Mariners in Seattle (9:40 p.m. ET).
Amongst left-handed starters, Weathers’ velocity is surpassed by solely two-time defending American League Cy Younger Award winner Tarik Skubal. In his first Spring Coaching with the Yankees, Weathers threw 23 pitches at 99+ mph and reached triple digits twice, topping out at 101 mph. Few starters can try this — lefties OR righties — and it provides Weathers loads of potential.
The 26-year-old has proven flashes of that promise up to now two seasons, posting a 3.74 ERA with 117 strikeouts in 125 innings throughout 24 begins for Miami in that span. He solely made eight begins in 2025, although, on account of a flexor pressure suffered in Spring Coaching and a left lat pressure suffered in the course of the common season.
Nonetheless, the Yankees believed sufficient in Weathers’ arsenal — which additionally includes a changeup, sweeper, slider and sinker — to accumulate him. Whereas Weathers struggled throughout Spring Coaching with a 8.83 ERA in 5 outings, he struck out 21 in simply 17 1/3 innings of labor.
He faces a tricky process in his first begin for the Yankees, going up in opposition to a Mariners lineup led by 2025 AL MVP runner-up Cal Raleigh and star outfielder Julio Rodríguez. With two of the favorites for this yr’s AL pennant squaring off, Weathers’ first begin in pinstripes can be a must-watch recreation.
