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Weathers gave up seven hits, walked none and struck out seven. He remains 2-2 with the no-decision. The 26-year-old left-hander was excellent for the first three innings, even striking out the side in order in the third inning. Weathers ran into trouble in the fourth inning, though. He allowed back-to-back singles to start the inning before Ernie Clement hit a three-run home run with two outs. Weathers would allow one run in each of the next two innings before leaving with one out in the sixth inning. He has a 3.58 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 61 strikeouts in 50 1/3 innings. Weathers will face the Rays at home this weekend.

The Yankees are shuffling the rotation after Max Fried (elbow) was placed on the injured list. Elmer Rodriguez was previously announced to start Sunday’s contest, and Ryan Weathers — who originally was slated to pitch in the game — now will start Tuesday’s game against Toronto. Warren has been solid in 2026 with a 5-1 record and 3.42 ERA.

This is an unfortunate way for the Yankees to solve their rotation crunch, but assuming that Fried is going to spend some on the IL, it allows them to stick with a five-man group and still keep Will Warren and Ryan Weathers after Gerrit Cole is activated. Fried’s last big elbow scare came in 2023, when he missed about half of the season with a forearm strain. He also had a brief absence in 2024 with neuritis in the area.

Weathers carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning before finally relenting a leadoff single to Adley Rutschman and was lifted from the contest after issuing a free pass to Tyler O’Neill on his 101st pitch of the contest. The 26-year-old southpaw generated 15 swinging strikes and fell just shy of recording his second double-digit strikeout performance of his Yankees debut. Not too bad for someone who lost nearly 10 pounds due to a viral infection last week. He was forced to settle for a no-decision after Brent Headrick served up a go-ahead homer following his departure. He’s certainly making it challenging for New York to consider moving him to the bullpen once Gerrit Cole (elbow) is ready to return in a couple weeks. He’ll close out a two-start week with a favorable matchup against the crosstown Mets on Sunday.

Weathers is officially taking the ball on Monday night at Camden Yards after having his previous start pushed back due to an illness that caused him to lose nearly 10 pounds. The 26-year-old southpaw is a candidate to move to the bullpen with Carlos Rodón back in New York’s rotation, and Gerrit Cole likely to return later this month. However, that’s not an immediate concern. He’ll close out a two-start week with a favorable matchup against the Mets this weekend.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Weathers has been sick recently and will slot back into the rotation against the Orioles on Monday. The 26-year-old told reporters he lost nearly 10 pounds due to a viral infection that threw off his typical routine between starts. It’ll likely be a bullpen game on Thursday against the Rangers with long reliever Paul Blackburn taking the ball to kick things off.

Weathers struck out five and only issued two walks. He gave up three hits with a fourth-inning solo shot from Pete Alonso accounting for the only damage against him until the sixth inning. The 26-year-old southpaw has performed extremely well early on in his Yankees debut, posting a strong 3.03 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 45/10 K/BB ratio across 38 2/3 innings. The big questions is whether he remains in the rotation once Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón are ready to make their season debuts this month. He’ll face the Rangers his next time out at home on Thursday.

The Yankees were up 2-1 going into the sixth, but Carlos Correa led off the inning with a homer to tie it. If Weathers could have finished the inning from there, he likely would have wound up the winner, as the Yankees scored three times in the top of the seventh. However, he was replaced by Fernando Cruz before that could happen. Weathers struck out four and walked none. He has a sterling 40/8 K/BB to go along with his 3.21 ERA in 33 2/3 innings.

Weathers is back with the club and will make the start Saturday against the Astros on Saturday.

Congrats to Weathers and his growing family. The left-hander wasn’t set to start until Saturday, so there should be no change to that plan now.