In search of starters healthy enough to be part of their Opening Day rotation, the New York Yankees acquired left-hander Ryan Weathers from the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night for four minor league prospects.
Weathers, 26, started eight games for the Marlins last year and posted a 2-2 record with a 3.99 ERA. He stacked up 37 strikeouts versus 12 walks in his 38 1/3 innings.
The son of longtime reliever David Weathers, who helped the Yankees win the 1996 World Series, spent most of last summer on the 60-day injured list with a left lat strain before returning for three starts in September.
The Yankees expect Weathers to boost a rotation that won’t have Gerrit Cole (UCL surgery in March 2025) and Carlos Rodon (surgery to shave bone spurs in his elbow) when the season begins in late March.
The Marlins, who traded starter Edward Cabrera to the Chicago Cubs last week for three prospects, added four youngsters deeper in the pipeline in the Weathers deal.
Outfielders Dillon Lewis, 22, and Brendan Jones, 23, head to Florida along with third basemen Dylan Jasso, 23, and Juan Matheus, 21.
Lewis split last season between Single-A Tampa and High-A Hudson Valley and delivered 22 homers and 26 stolen bases in 122 games with a .237/.321/.445 slash line. Jones recorded a .245/.359/.395 slash line while swiping 51 bases in 124 games for Hudson Valley and Double-A Somerset.
Weathers was the seventh overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft and made his major league debut at age 20 for the San Diego Padres in the 2020 postseason.
Since that time, though, the oft-injured Weathers has made just 70 appearances and 55 starts over the last five seasons for the Padres (2020-23) and the Marlins (2023-25). Weathers owns a 12-23 record and 4.93 ERA over 281 MLB innings with 7.5 strikeouts and 3.2 walks per 9 innings.
