The Yankees are banking on pitching to carry them deep into October. Well, today gave us another reason to start sweating.
Ryan Weathers left the Yankees’ 4-3 loss to Toronto with left forearm discomfort and is headed for imaging. Those are three words nobody wants to hear about a pitcher in late August.
Weathers wasn't particularly sharp before leaving—72 pitches for just 10 outs—but that's almost irrelevant now. The bigger issue is whether the Yankees just lost an important piece of their rotation at the absolute worst possible time.
And there’s reason for concern. Weathers has dealt with forearm and lat problems before, making only eight starts last season, and he also missed significant time with a finger injury in 2024. Now, after pushing past his previous career high in innings, the forearm starts barking.
Wonderful.
The Yankees need healthy arms for September and October, not another mystery injury followed by an MRI and crossed fingers.
Hopefully this is nothing.
Because if it isn't, the Yankees' postseason pitching plan just got a whole lot thinner.
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