{"id":442270,"date":"2026-02-01T05:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/442270\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T05:56:09","slug":"yankees-news-ryan-weathers-hasnt-hit-his-ceiling-per-matt-blake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/442270\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Ryan Weathers hasn\u2019t hit his ceiling, per Matt Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"

SNY | John Flanigan<\/a>: A couple of weeks ago, the Yankees sent four prospects to the Miami Marlins to acquire exciting, yet injury-prone lefty Ryan Weathers to fortify their rotation. Weathers, who posted a 3.99 ERA in 38.1 innings last year with 37 strikeouts, still hasn\u2019t hit his ceiling according to pitching coach Matt Blake.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an exciting arm,\u201d the pitching coach said on\u00a0Yankee Hot Stove, per SNY. \u201cIt\u2019s a kid who I\u2019ve been following since high school when we were scouting him in the Amateur Draft, he\u2019s done a nice job of growing into a major league version of himself.\u00a0The biggest thing is just keeping him on the field. We have to do a good job of having a nice onramp for him this spring and keeping him healthy, but an electric arm with a nice arsenal \u2014 there\u2019s definitely a ceiling for him he hasn\u2019t touched yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The 26-year-old southpaw possess a big fastball that averaged about 97 mph last year, so if Blake and the Yanks can optimize it and improve his consistency with his breaking stuff, he could have some untapped potential. The coach even discussed a plan for Weathers, involving more two-seamers \u201cto help open the zone for his four-seam fastball and sweeper.\u201d For more on Weathers, check out my colleague Peter\u2019s analysis of Weathers<\/a> from shortly after he was acquired.<\/p>\n

The Athletic | Brendan Kuty ($)<\/a>: On Friday, Jon Heyman reported that the Yankees were interested in some free agents, including right-hander\u00a0Nick Martinez\u00a0and\u00a0Michael Kopech, plus outfielders\u00a0Austin Slater\u00a0and\u00a0Randal Grichuk. He also said that Paul Goldschmidt was willing to return to the organization (Jack Curry had previously noted that the Yankees had discussed a Goldy return as well).<\/p>\n

Well, on Saturday, it was revealed that the Yanks had already sent an big-league offer to Slater, a right-handed hitter who has fared well against lefties and whose potential arrival would theoretically force Jasson Dom\u00ednguez out of the picture for semi-regular playing time. That being said, it isn\u2019t known at the time whether or not the offer to Slater is still on the table (Cody Bellinger\u2019s now-official contract could\u2019ve change plans), and it\u2019s also unclear when it was submitted. Slater had a .726 OPS against southpaws in 2025, encouraging New York to acquire him from the White Sox midseason, but a hamstring injury sidelined him almost immediately and he was a nonfactor in 14 games for the Yankees.<\/p>\n

MLB.com | Theo DeRosa<\/a>: Yankees reliever Camilo Doval has been added to the Dominican Republic roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, joining a fantastic collection of talent lead by players such as Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Julio Rodr\u00edguez, Fernando Tatis Jr., and others. Doval took part in the 2023 edition of the tournament, pitching 2.1 scoreless frames with three punchouts back then. The 6-foot-2 righty is expected to be a key cog in the Yankees\u2019 late-inning mix come Opening Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SNY | John Flanigan: A couple of weeks ago, the Yankees sent four prospects to the Miami Marlins…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[38784,39464,28630,4711,57684,86879,48328,28093,2324,19289,363,37181,32033,480,208235,99361,92723,99,12000,36362,12404],"class_list":["post-442270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-austin-slater","tag-camilo-doval","tag-citizens-bank-park","tag-cody-bellinger","tag-fernando-tatis-jr","tag-jasson-dominguez","tag-julio-rodriguez","tag-matt-blake","tag-miami-marlins","tag-michael-kopech","tag-mlb","tag-nick-martinez","tag-paul-goldschmidt","tag-philadelphia-phillies","tag-pitching-coach","tag-randal-grichuk","tag-ryan-weathers","tag-sports","tag-vladimir-guerrero-jr","tag-white-sox","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}