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Weathers

The long ball did Weathers in here. First, Kazuma Okamoto crushed a 423 foot shot in the first inning. Then, George Springer had a two-run homer of his own in the following frame. He settled in a bit after that, but was pulled after walking a batter and then forcing a ground ball. That inherited runner came around immediately after, just to make his final line a tad worse. Uncharacteristically, he forced very few swings-and-misses and left this start with a 4.36 ERA. It was just 3.14 three starts ago before a poor stretch where he’s allowed 16 earned runs over his last 17 innings. Next up, he;s scheduled to face the White Sox at home.

Weathers had a little extra velocity tonight, averaging 96.4 mph with his fastball, but he gave up two homers, seven hits and 11 hard-hit balls in all. He allowed two runs in the third after a potential double play ball resulted in only one out, as Anthony Volpe, probably overly cautiously, didn’t feel comfortable trying to make the initial throw to second with a pulled over Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ceddanne Rafaela both running towards the bag. The last two runs came on a Willson Contreras homer with two outs in the fifth. Chisholm seemed to have a real shot at handling the single to his left that kept the inning going, but he alligator armed it. Although he obviously deserves a significantly better record, Weathers dropped to 2-4 with a 3.86 ERA. He’ll face the Guardians next.

Weathers fanned 10, but he walked three and gave up three homers in one of the league’s top parks for offense. This leaves him 2-3, even though he has a nice 3.52 ERA and the Yankees are 6-5 in his starts. He’ll take on the Red Sox next time out.

Weathers gave up four hits, walked three and struck out four. The Rays didn’t put up much of a fight against Weathers. The closest Tampa Bay came to scoring was in the third inning when the Rays had back-to-back singles with one out. Weathers then got Junior Caminero to ground into a double play. The Rays didn’t get another runner to second base until Weathers left the game. He lowered his ERA this year to 3.14. Weathers is lined up to face the Athletics on the road next weekend.

Simply put, there was no possible way to get this game in with widespread showers in the forecast throughout the afternoon and evening at Yankee Stadium. It’ll be made up as a doubleheader on September 22. Saturday’s original starting pitchers — Drew Rasmussen and Ryan Weathers — will presumably get the ball on Sunday afternoon instead.

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.