New York Yankees starting pitcher Ryan Weathers only had eight major league starts because of a flexor strain and lat strain in 2025, posting a 3.99 ERA with 37 strikeouts and 12 walks in 38 1/3 innings.
Despite the injury concern, Weathers spoke with SNY in a video posted on Jan. 15 and shared good news regarding his health as he prepares for Year 1 in the Bronx after this week’s trade.
“I’m feeling great,” Weathers told the outlet. “Bullpen the other day, this is the best I’ve probably felt in a year and a half. I feel really healthy. I really did a dive and worked with [this] company on figuring out how to lengthen my lat out, lengthen my back out.
“We really adjusted a lot of my lifting patterns. We really adjusted my mobility and my prep. I think my arm is reaping the benefits right now, and I’m just excited to see where the season goes.”
The Yankees gave up four prospects in the deal to the Miami Marlins, which was reportedly completed on Jan. 13. Outfielders Dillon Lewis and Brendan Jones, and infielders Dylan Jasso and Juan Matheus all went to the Marlins and will continue their baseball careers in their system.
Moreover, Weathers fills the starting pitching need to get New York through the early part of the 2026 MLB season, as Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, and Clarke Schmidt will be returning at different points during the campaign.
Steve Phillips Loves Yankees Trading for Ryan Weathers
Nonetheless, Weathers is 26 years old and barely in the prime of his career. As a result, former MLB general manager Steve Phillips is raving over this deal for the Yankees.
“Brian Cashman has been saying all along they want to continue to look for pitching, and I love this trade for the Yankees,” Phillips said in a video posted on Jan. 13 by MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM.
“Now, again, we’ll see about the prospects and what they turn out to be, but I do like the notion of getting Ryan Weathers from the Marlins… But I like him. I like his stuff; I like his moxie. I think he’s growing and developing.”
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Furthermore, Phillips likes the deal for the Yankees, not only because of the upside the player brings, but also because it adds to the depth New York are starting to have at the major and minor league levels.
“The idea that he goes to the Yankees, where they have a need for depth, especially at the start of the season, where you’re not going to have Gerrit Cole, where Carlos Rodón is not going to be quite ready to start the year, along with Ryan Yarbrough, to bring in a guy like Ryan Weathers, who still has options left, it’s a really nice fit,” Phillips added.
“In the meantime, the Yankees have five pitchers who are going to be in Double-A [and] Triple-A, and very close to being ready for the big league. This is a really nice depth piece from the left side for the Yankees.”
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