Overview
- He struck out seven and allowed one run over 4 1/3 innings Monday in Seattle, and the Yankees lost 2-1 on a ninth-inning walk-off.
- He threw 77 pitches with 49 strikes and featured an upper-90s fastball, a sweeper that drew about a 50% whiff rate, and a deep changeup.
- The stat-tracking account Pitchergami flagged his exact line—4.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 7 K—as a combination it had not seen before across historical box scores.
- After the game, Weathers said he needs to be more efficient to work deeper into starts, pointing to managing his pitch count and getting ahead in counts.
- Durability remains a concern, as he logged only 38 1/3 innings last year and has never reached 100 in a season, which could shape how the Yankees pace his early outings.