MLB<\/a> Pipeline, Jones (No. 15), Lewis (No. 16), and Jasso (No. 23) were all ranked among the Yankees\u2019 top 30 prospects.<\/p>\nWeathers is the son of 19-year big league veteran David Weathers, who pitched for the Yankees for parts of two seasons from 1996-97, including 11 strong postseason innings that helped the \u201996 team win the franchise\u2019s first championship since 1978.<\/p>\n
Now the younger Weathers projects as part of the bridge to keep the Yanks\u2019 staff afloat early, with left-hander Carlos Rod\u00f3n, right-hander Gerrit Cole and right-hander Clarke Schmidt all unavailable for Opening Day while recovering from surgical procedures.<\/p>\n
Weathers, 26, slots behind Max Fried in a rotation that also projects to feature Cam Schlittler, Will Warren and Luis Gil, with Ryan Yarbrough and Paul Blackburn on board as depth options.<\/p>\n
Fried, Schlittler and Warren are all coming off career highs in innings pitched, one factor that fueled the Yankees\u2019 interest in the starting pitching market.<\/p>\n
They explored other options, including the Marlins\u2019 Edward Cabrera, who was dealt instead\u00a0to the Cubs. New York was also connected to the Brewers\u2019 Freddy Peralta and the Nationals\u2019 MacKenzie Gore.<\/p>\n
A first-round pick by the Padres in the 2018 Draft, Weathers was traded to the Marlins in 2023. He is under club control for the next three seasons.<\/p>\n
Weathers owns a career 4.93 ERA with 235 strikeouts over 281 innings. Durability has been an issue for Weathers, who has never made more than 18 starts in a season, which he did during his rookie year with San Diego.<\/p>\n
He features a four-seam fastball, changeup and sweeper in a repertoire that also includes a sinker and slider. Weathers made only eight starts this past season due to injuries, including a left flexor muscle strain suffered in Spring Training and a left lat strain that cost him time during the summer.<\/p>\n
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