NEW YORK – The Yankees moved to bolster a rotation that tasks to be compromised within the early months of the upcoming season, because the membership introduced Tuesday it has acquired left-hander Ryan Weathers from the Marlins for a four-player prospect bundle.
Jones (No. 15), Lewis (No. 16) and Jasso (No. 23) have been all ranked among the many Yankees’ prime 30 prospects, based on MLB Pipeline.
Weathers is the son of 19-year huge league veteran David Weathers, who pitched for the Yankees for elements of two seasons from 1996-97, together with 11 sturdy postseason innings that helped the ’96 staff win the franchise’s first championship since 1978.
Now the youthful Weathers tasks as a part of the bridge to maintain the Yanks’ employees afloat early, with left-hander Carlos Rodón, right-hander Gerrit Cole and right-hander Clarke Schmidt all unavailable for Opening Day whereas recovering from surgical procedures.
Weathers, 26, slots behind Max Fried in a rotation that additionally tasks to characteristic Cam Schlittler, Will Warren and Luis Gil, with Ryan Yarbrough and Paul Blackburn on board as depth choices.
Fried, Schlittler and Warren are all coming off profession highs in innings pitched, one issue that fueled the Yankees’ curiosity within the beginning pitching market.
They explored different choices, together with the Marlins’ Edward Cabrera, who was dealt as an alternative to the Cubs. New York was additionally related to the Brewers’ Freddy Peralta and the Nationals’ MacKenzie Gore.
A primary-round decide by the Padres within the 2018 Draft, Weathers was traded to the Marlins in 2023. He’s below membership management for the following three seasons.
Weathers owns a profession 4.93 ERA with 235 strikeouts over 281 innings. Sturdiness has been a difficulty for Weathers, who has by no means made greater than 18 begins in a season, which he did throughout his rookie yr with San Diego.
He encompasses a four-seam fastball, changeup and sweeper in a repertoire that additionally features a sinker and slider. Weathers made solely eight begins this previous season as a result of accidents, together with a left flexor muscle pressure suffered in Spring Coaching and a left lat pressure that value him time throughout the summer season.
