Yankees Postseason Hero Reacts To Son Joining Team

In 1996, nan New York Yankees made a telephone to nan Florida Marlins astatine nan waste and acquisition deadline. They sent complete Mark Hutton for relief pitcher David Weathers, who ended up being a cardinal portion successful nan postseason that year, erstwhile nan squad snapped a World Series drought making love backmost to 1978.

It feels serendipitous that this winter, nan Yankees besides made a telephone to nan Marlins for different personnel of nan Weathers family. This clip it was his boy Ryan. The younger Weathers is simply a hard-throwing starter who tin dial it up to nan precocious nineties. Dillon Lewis was nan main portion successful that trade, on pinch respective different prospects.

At nan time, Bob Watson was making nan calls, and Brian Cashman was adjunct General Manager. Now Cashman holds nan position Watson erstwhile did arsenic nan Yankees are embroiled successful different title drought, and, conscionable for illustration Watson, he called connected nan Marlins to hopefully threat this acold spell, which dates backmost to 2009.

David Weathers connected Son Playing for nan Yankees

The elder Weathers said to nan Athletic's Brendan Kuty astir his son's waste and acquisition to nan Yankees. He called it a "full-circle moment" for his family, and location whitethorn beryllium nary amended measurement to picture nan fortuitous swap.

When Weathers was asked astir his son's demeanor, he described him arsenic having an old-school vibe.

"They're going to get a blue-collar guy," Weathers said of his boy to Kuty. "He's a lunchbox guy, man. He's going to show up."

Weathers besides said location is simply a ton of talent connected nan squad that tin thief his boy grow.

"This could beryllium a really bully business for Ryan to turn arsenic a pitcher," Weathers went connected to opportunity of a Yankees squad that has mentors nan likes of Max Fried and Gerrit Cole connected it.

The Weathers Family

Just for illustration his son, Weathers had an ERA northbound of 5 successful his career, but Watson and nan beforehand agency saw thing successful him, and their religion was rewarded. Weathers, who had been demoted soon aft nan trade, past allowed 1 earned tally successful 11 scoreless innings en way to a World Series.

The younger Weathers is besides successful nan aforesaid business arsenic acold arsenic his ERA goes, but ERA isn't ever a awesome parameter of a player's early results. This generation's Weathers comes pinch a nasty fastball and a patient array of offspeed and breaking pitches, which springiness him nan expertise to onslaught retired a ton of batters.

One point astir nan younger Weathers is that he besides has bully command. In 2024, he had a locomotion complaint of 6.5%. In 2025, it was 7.3%.

The large rumor pinch Ryan Weathers isn't talent but health. Whether he helps threat a drought remains to beryllium seen. The Yankees are surely hoping for that.

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