The Marlins moved another starter, trading Ryan Weathers to the Yankees for four prospects: outfielders Dillon Lewis and Brendan Jones and infielders Dylan Jasso and Juan Matheus. New York already had two openings on the 40-man roster, so no corresponding moves were necessary. Both teams have announced the deal.
It’s the second significant rotation move in as many weeks for Miami. The Fish swapped Edward Cabrera to the Cubs for a package led by rookie outfielder Owen Caissie on Wednesday. It’s surprising to see them pull the trigger on another deal to subtract a controllable starter. Cabrera and Weathers have each had trouble staying healthy, and Miami evidently preferred to stockpile position players over the pair of talented but risky starters.
Weathers, a 26-year-old lefty, is the son of longtime big leaguer David Weathers (who coincidentally was traded from the Florida Marlins to the Yankees at the 1996 deadline). This is the second time that Ryan Weathers finds himself on the move. The Padres selected him with the #7 overall pick in the 2018 draft. He made it to the majors within three years, no small feat for a pitcher who signed out of high school, but struggled in scattered looks with San Diego. The Friars dealt him to Miami at the ’23 deadline for first baseman Garrett Cooper.
The Weathers acquisition came a few months before Miami installed Peter Bendix atop baseball operations. Weathers has shown mid-rotation potential over the past couple seasons but hasn’t been able to put together a full showing. A strained index finger on his throwing hand cost him three months in 2024. He missed the first six weeks last year after suffering a forearm strain during Spring Training. Weathers returned and pitched well over five starts before going down again — this time with a lat strain that knocked him out into September.
Weathers has been limited to 24 starts and 125 innings over the past two years. He turned in a 3.74 earned run average with a solid 22% strikeout rate and lower than average 6.8% walk percentage. Weathers has pushed his average fastball into the 96-97 MPH range and can miss bats with his changeup and sweeper. At full health, he has looked like a potential third or fourth starter. He hasn’t been healthy for more than a couple months at a time since 2023.
Miami and Weathers settled on a $1.35MM salary last week. This offseason was his first of arbitration eligibility. He’ll go through the process at least twice more and won’t hit free agency until the 2028-29 offseason at the earliest. The Yankees are currently in the third tier of luxury tax penalization and taxed at a 95% rate on spending up to $304MM. Weathers’ modest salary means New York only takes on roughly $1.3MM in taxes to add him.
There’s also some roster flexibility, as the southpaw has one minor league option remaining. Weathers should break camp in Aaron Boone’s rotation assuming he gets through Spring Training healthy. Gerrit Cole and Carlos Rodón will open the season on the injured list, while Clarke Schmidt could miss the entire year after last July’s Tommy John procedure. Weathers slots alongside Will Warren and Luis Gil as their projected third through fifth starters behind Max Fried and Cam Schlittler. Any of Weathers, Warren or Gil could be optioned to Triple-A if everyone’s healthy once Rodón and/or Cole return.
The trade should increase Miami’s urgency to add an affordable starter via free agency. Eury Pérez and Sandy Alcantara are the only two locks for Clayton McCullough’s season-opening rotation. Braxton Garrett (internal brace) and Max Meyer (hip surgery) missed most or all of the 2025 season. They’re expected to be ready for Opening Day but should be on innings limits. Journeyman Janson Junk was a decent fifth starter, while Ryan Gusto and Adam Mazur have limited MLB experience.
There’s more upside coming through the pipeline. Highly-regarded prospects Thomas White and Robby Snelling have reached Triple-A. Snelling dominated over 11 starts there and has a strong chance to win a rotation spot out of Spring Training. Former second-rounder Dax Fulton is on the 40-man roster and has also reached Triple-A, though he’s coming off a less impressive season in the high minors.
It remains a high-ceiling group, especially once White and Snelling take the mound at loanDepot Park. They’re short a veteran at the back end whom they can rely upon for some innings. It’s likely they’ll dip into free agency for a starter on a one-year deal, as they did last winter with the Cal Quantrill signing. They should aim a little higher this time around since it’s not out of the question they compete for a playoff spot in 2026. Maybe a multi-year deal candidate like Zack Littell or Nick Martinez winds up dropping into their price range as Spring Training approaches. Jose Quintana, Martín Pérez and former Miami draftee Chris Paddack are all locks for one-year deals and would be more comparable to the Quantrill pickup.
Lewis is the biggest get of the four prospects. Jon Heyman of The New York Post reported last week that Miami evaluators were particularly bullish on the 22-year-old outfielder. His name came up in conversations between the teams when New York was pursuing Cabrera. While they didn’t find an agreeable package in those conversations, the Marlins found another way to add Lewis to the system.
A right-handed hitter, Lewis was a 13th-round pick in 2024 out of Queens University of Charlotte. While he didn’t enter pro ball with a ton of fanfare, he impressed pro scouts during his first full season. Baseball America recently ranked him eighth among Yankees prospects, while he slotted 16th in the system at MLB Pipeline.
Evaluators praise his center field defense and big exit velocities that hint at the raw power upside in his 6’3″ frame. He’s coming off a .237/.321/.445 slash with 22 home runs and 26 stolen bases in a pitcher-friendly setting in the low minors. Lewis struck out at a higher than average 23.5% rate, which is concerning for a college draftee who has yet to advance beyond High-A. There’s a decent amount of risk with questions about his hit tool and distance from the majors, but he’s another toolsy outfield pickup for a club that added Caissie last week.
Jones was another late-round college pick in 2024. A left-handed hitting center fielder out of Kansas State, he combined for a .245/.359/.395 line between High-A and Double-A. Jones walked in almost 15% of his plate appearances and stole 51 bases in 60 attempts. He’s listed at 5’10” and doesn’t have Lewis’ physical upside, but scouts praise his approach and speed. Baseball America ranked him 13th in the Yankees system, while he landed 15th on Pipeline’s ranking. There’s a decent chance he ends up as a fourth outfielder.
Jasso, 23, is a right-handed hitting corner infielder who spent last season in Double-A. He had a solid year, batting .257/.326/.400 with 13 homers. Jasso was a 2023 undrafted free agent whose minor league performance landed him in the back third of New York’s top 30 prospects. He should begin the season at Triple-A Jacksonville and could find himself in the MLB mix by the end of the year. He’ll be eligible for the Rule 5 draft next winter.
Miami rounds out the return with Matheus, a 21-year-old shortstop/third baseman out of Venezuela. The switch-hitter put together a .275/.365/.376 line with a 12.3% walk rate and 18.5% strikeout percentage in A-ball last year. Matheus is on the smaller side at 5’10” and hasn’t hit for more than five home runs in a season. He’s a lottery ticket potential utility player who’ll also be eligible for the Rule 5 draft after the ’26 season.
Jack Curry of The Yes Network first reported the Yankees were acquiring Weathers for four prospects. Craig Mish of SportsGrid had the full return. Image courtesy of Jim Rassol, Imagn Images.
If weathers can stay healthy that’s a big pickup.
The Off-season is officially over now.
This is a great pick up for the Yankees under the radar.
Would like to see the run down on the prospects going back. Interesting that Miami is dealing two starters. Would like to see a run down on the corps that is left. Wonder if they sign someone decent now.
Pirates also dealt Burrows and Oviedo. Wonder who’s the next to deal a starter. Reds and Brady Singer?
Looks like they got some good YOUNG prospects… but hey it’s baseball who knows if they pan out
Wade, the top one is Lewis. An OF that was the Yankees #16 prospect. A 40 FV prospect that showed some power, but no ability to make consistent contact in Sally League A ball. Kind of guy that will not have an impact if he even makes it to the majors in 4 years. Jasso is another 40 FV prospect who spent 2025 in AA and is likely headed back. The others are not even that good. Matheus makes good contact but has absolutely no power. If he could have stuck at SS he might have made it to the majors, but his glove didn’t cut it and they moved him to 3B where his arm still plays and his lack of range doesn’t hurt him as bad.
Baseball Prospectus released their Yankee prospect rankings last month. They had Lewis #7 (top OF, ahead of Spencer Jones); B. Jones #10, Mattheus #14 and Jasso #18. That’s a lot of talent to give up for a pitcher who delivered 0.6 bWAR last season and in five major league seasons has never thrown 100 innings. But the Yankees are desperate for someone to eat innings until Rodon and Cole are ready, and iffy prospects never make it to the Yankees’ 25 man, even really good prospects don’t. Yankees’ last trade with Miami yielded Jazz Chisolm.in return for NY’s then #7 prospect, Augustin Ramirez and Miami is probably very happy with how that worked out.
Prospectus’ rankings aren’t ones I’d look at. MLB and Baseball America in that order first. Mattheus isn’t even in the top 30 and on MLB’s they start at 15. None of these guys are sure things and Weathers was a first rounder with high upside.
WBWR
FanGraphs projections have the Marlins’ starters ranked 14th in baseball. Just in front of the Brewers
fangraphs.com/depthcharts.aspx?position=SP
Sal – and yet Weathers “was a first rounder” and I’d say after 5 years of what he has compiled, his “high upside” has to be tempered with “if healthy” and well, at some point the upside becomes “meh” because he can’t.
Probably has out grown it but he was also a little bit of a whiner in SD and his mom/dad were notable not on the same page as org with him. Sure that probably happens a lot but it was higher profile due to his dad and always being at the games. Lots of attitude for being pulled out of games etc.
Again, probably has outgrown it by now. Marlins fans may have something to add on what they have watched that I haven’t seen during his Miami days.
Talent there for sure.
Exactly. Prospects are not locked in amber, the trades are made with the intent that they continue to improve. And as you pointed out with the Ramirez trade, Miami has done pretty well with the no-names coming back over in recent years. It will be interesting to see if Weathers even bothers to show up in shape or not.
PP – being in shape was one thing I failed to reference.
Again, the young man is hearing everything from his dad and his agent and at some point, has to decide to put faith in coaching staff and do his work.
Maybe he has reached that point – not saying he hasn’t – but he wasn’t there in SD.
His dad was quoted as saying something like, “you don’t need a beach bod to throw a baseball”.
Clearly, an attitude that misses the point of an elite athlete doing all he/she can to be taking elite care of their bodies.
Lol
It’s over the radar now.
Brutal K/BB ratio and bad HR/IP ratio the past 2 years.
Imagine in Yankee Stadium. This is the kind of deal where NY could end up being very happy but just as equally they could be kicking themselves for giving up four prospects who could have been used in a deadline deal or two.
Doesn’t seem like the Marlins got a lot for a guy who if healthy is a pretty good starter and will be better on a way better team I think. Lot of late round picks. Doesn’t mean they can’t be good, But………..odds are against them maybe? IDK. Seems like both sides are happy so have fun.
A 3.25 K:BB ratio over the last 2 years is better than average. Plus he is sitting 96-97 MPH with a 101 Stuff+, 6.8% walk rate over the last 2 years.
Guy can’t stay on the mound. Constantly hurt one thing or another.
High-end stuff. If he had stayed healthy and matched his peripherals, he’d be way more expensive. The Yankees are good at up leveling pitchers like this.
The Yankees supposedly never have a good farm system, yet they always have good prospects teams want. They basically turned four guys who were either low-bonus, undrafted, or 12th- and 13th-round late picks into a solid addition to their rotation with three years of control. Good deal for the Yankees.
Yep, that’s what is so funny about prospects. Can’t feel bad about losing any late round guys. You’ll get a whole new crop of them each season.
Whether or not he can avoid feeling under the weather remains to be seen.
Hi Dad!
Dad?
Dave Chappelle “I plead the 5th” gif here.
Who says there is no such thing as climate change?
Yeah I like Weathers quote a bit. It’s under the radar, and 4 prospects ( even though they’re mid to bottom half top 30 and one not even on it) seem excessive, but three years plus could be very good.
And I’m all for second gen Yankees.
Welcome to the team, Ryan!
That’s a big IF
Yankees got robbed lol. Weathers cant stay healthy.
Ryan Weathers chances of staying healthy in New York are this = 0% for every season he plays for the Yankees (or any team for that matter).
That ain’t Cabrera
Nope, but those prospects ain’t Owen Caissie either.
True, seam, but I just read a piece about Dillon Lewis, who can handle centerfield and has flashed speed and power. It will be interesting to see if the Marlins move him up the ladder quickly.
He broke out in pitcher friendly leagues with 20/20 season. He can play CF, plus power,
Speed and good exit velocities.
Jones is a solid CF with plus speed, good contact and on base skills.
Don’t see how Weathers is worth four players.
As usual, Cashman overwhelming the deal with quantity and getting back questionable quality that is always coming off injury…..
Ferp
“Don’t see how Weathers is worth four players.”
Well, three of them don’t seem very good
Player BTV value
Lewis $10
Jones $2
Jasso $1
Mattheus $1
Hopefully it works out. I liked the Devin Williams deal but that didn’t work out.
He’s better
Nope, but he’s better than Peralta!
Wait, I just doublechecked…..and no, no he’s not, actually.
@Clip Gil for Peralta?
Absolutely would do that. I like Peralta.
@Yankee
Peralta is obviously better as of today, although if healthy I think Gil can return to his 224 which was really good. Peralta is a 1 year rental whereas Gil still has a few years of control. The objective is to add pitching nor necessarily swap out guys. For 1 year, I’d pass.
Cashman can dumpster dive with the best
Peralta dependable stalwart #2 starter for 8 mill or Weathers for 1 mill with history of health concerns and if healthy #4 type starter. Yankees should not be dumpster diving to this extent…they are the freaking Yankees for God’s sake.
Dives don’t cost 4 prospects. The kid’s former first rounder with great stuff and MLB experience already. It’s a definite under the radar good move.
Acquiring Weathers isn’t dumpster diving. If healthy he could be a #3, even a borderline #2.
Dumpster Diving only in that he is hella cheap at $1.1 mill or whatever & Cashman only had to trade three scrubs & another guy who at best could be a Greg Briley 4th outfielder type. (I don’t have the foggiest notion why Briley of all people popped into my head. Now I can visualize his 1989 Topps card. Maybe I should go to bed.) At any rate, this sort of deal would normally be beneath the dignity level of the Yankees. But here we are.
Cabrera cost the Cubs quite a bit more
Smart addition. Curious what prospects go to Miami. Kapler willing to part with controllable guys.
Great move by Cashman he will cost 1 million and has 3 years of control!
They weren’t when he made that comment. Lots of updates to this article. Which is nice.
Cashman is awake!
What took him so long to wake up?
He needed to be kissed by prince charming.
It’s not a sin if you don’t enjoy it though.
Well, I wouldn’t say that…
Would be nothing more than a #4 or #5 for the Yankees. Not sure how much sense it makes to do this if any one of those prospects are quality
Weathers has some upside, he just needs to stay healthy. None of the prospects given up were going to contribute to the Yankees this year. Not a bad trade considering the cost of trading for pitching these days
Yeah looks like none of those guys are particularly interesting. Looking at his Savant I personally don’t get much of the intrigue, but he’s been decent for Miami when he’s not hurt so could be a solid addition
Isn’t that basically all of the Yankees rotation. Cole, Gill, weathers they were lucky last year to have good seasons outta Rodon and Fried who’ve both had injury history as well years prior
I agree ronk. Yankees don’t need much anyhow just someone decent to bridge the gap for injuries.
Half of the Yankees starting rotation is on the dl to start the season.
Yankee prospects, so unlikely to ever make a dent.
Uneducated comment.
You misspelled Red Sox.
He is only taking a spot for a month until Cole comes back!
If he stays healthy he could be in there for good. His health is a big If though.
Ryan now has two of the 9 teams his dad played for. Only 7 to go…
Yep, his Dad David was a relief pitcher for many teams
The Yanks had to fill out the injury-riddled rotation with somebody. Will be interesting to see the prospects going to Miami.
Well, the names are out. #16, #17 and #23 on mlb.com’s list of the top 30 Yankee prospects. Matheus doesn’t make the list.
Decent haul for Weathers.
Uh, #15, #16 and #23. I’ll get it right one of these days. None of the guys are super prospects or anywhere close. But you can’t expect massive talent for the oft-injured Weathers.
The Yanks are hoping that Weathers can cover some innings until the rotation gets reasonably healthy. The Marlins are hoping that one of the lottery tickets eventually pays off to some extent. Lot of hope in this deal.
Jones is not in this trade. Two 40 FV prospects that were #16 and #23 and 2 that are outside the Yankees top 30
From one of the worst farm systems in baseball? Yeah this is a dump for extreme lottery tickets.
@Tiger
Yep, one of the worst. But somehow they hand guys in the top 100 list (Ramirez, Lombard, Jones and Lagrange), were able to turn to Warren (tied league in starts) and Schlittler. Graduated Dominguez, Rice, Gil, Wells and Schmidt over the last couple of years. Used their lower prospects that were so terrible that they eye able to acquire Jazz, Devin Williams, David Bednar, Camilo Doval, Jose Caballero and Ryan McMahon. Yeah haha… what a terrible farm that struggles to make traded because it lacks talent that other teams obviously want. None of those guys would really equate to salary dumps.
Well brainiac….given the overall the Yankee farm system today is ranked either 24/25, but they’re in the top tier as far as drafting and developing pitchers…and that comes from MLB Pipeline and ESPN….so take your troll elsewhere…worry about your Tigers who fell apart last year….and will lose their #1 at the end of 26 and be right back at the bottom of the heap in 27….
Nos. 8, 13 and 26 on the new Baseball America rankings (mlb.com hasn’t updated for 2026 yet).
Weathers has made only 24 starts since 2024 for the marlins, and pitched to an average ERA
ESPN gave me a notification saying this was breaking news but I bet if he was traded to any other team it wouldn’t have been breaking
Sad: You just misunderstood what news was breaking…. It wasn’t that Weathers was traded to the Yankees, it was that Cashman actually woke up and did something!
Still young and seemed to be improving, maybe he continues this in NY that would be nice boost for them.
Marlins piling up prospects with potential
Good for them
They almost made the playoffs last year and were thought of as up-and-coming. No idea what they’re doing here.
NL East is pretty strong but I don’t see it getting any weaker so why not try to contend?
Cashing in on a pitcher they don’t believe will stay healthy is what I see here.
Hard to argue that Weathers will hold up since he never has.
They traded for stowers and he blossomed into a star in miami. Guys like dillon lewis, jasso are close to the majors & could make an impact. Caissie could be an absolute stud, cubs will rly regret trading him. Not a marlins fan, just recognize & applaud a tm building for the future.
This is what cleveland, tampa, milwaukee and others do all the time. Small markets flip anything decent for more young controllable players. If you’re even a casual fan then this is an easy concept to understand
These are middle of the road prospects from a bad farm system…..
@Tiger
Pretty sure scouts know more than you do.
Probably more guys that will wind up in the Yankee prospect graveyard you will quickly forget ever lived. Teams never learn Cashman is a expert thief.
He sure did expertly steal Frankie Montas (to give away Monty), Sonny Gray and the remains of Josh Donaldson.
Best player he ended up giving up in all those deals was either Jorge Mateo or JP Sears.
Tough to be sad about that. Cashman hasn’t dealt away a lot of prospects that popped.
Sure, why not. Now let’s get a starter and overpay for Tucker
@Wrian
They just got a starter named Ryan Weathers bro.
38 IP
50 something
And 80 something IP last 3 years
That’s a starter?
@Wrian
In baseball you have starters and you have relief pitchers. By definition of what he’s done over the last 2 years, he’s a starter. What are we missing here?
Nothing this is a pretty good get for lower end prospects.
Well, Edward Cabrera has only had one season with over 100 innings but people act like he’s some great ace or something.
I thought the Yankees would go for a higher pitcher, but if Weathers is healthy, he can be good. Good pickup for the Yankees and Marlins.
Yankees=B
Marlins-B+
Suarez and Valdez: “What are we? Chopped liver?!!!” Cashman: “Yes, and overpriced chopped liver at that!”
So little news on the two big names so far. Are they waiting for the hitters to sign so teams know their budgets? Or a Peralta trade?
Maybe the Marlins just created an opening for one of Valdez/Suarez?!
I’d only give Marlins that slight edge because they got quantity for him, but Ryan could be very good and already has MLB experience. He slots right into the rotation.
I’d give it to the Yankees.
It isn’t a B+ for the Marlins – they have a plethora of prospects already, Even if Weathers is a legitimate SP5 – at 1.5M with two years of team control, if he stays healthy, he is at the minimum a 30M dollar player who probably tops out at 15M over the next three seasons.
Weathers in the bullpen is a 5M per annum player. As long as he is on the roster he is a net positive in terms of his salary and his market value.
The Marlins got a nice OF in Brendan Jones. He isnt as good of a ball player as Ruiz. Neither is Lewis.
Ruiz might as well ask for his release and see if he can get a deal in Nippon.
Marlins like Meyer and his 1.40 career WHIP / 2.0 HR/9
Ryan Gusto throws a lot of meatballs too.
And you know both Snelling and White could have electric springs, both will be on the farm opening day.
Guess Freddy was too expensive
Thank god. I didn’t want Freddy here for 1 year. Easy pass on him.
You didn’t think they could resign him?
Yes 100%.
MIL has no reason to trade Peralta, but if someone wants to wildly overpay……….
Ok so hopefully they keep him. I would much rather have Gore.
Much happier with this. Freddy would definitely cost higher prospects for one year.
I don’t understand Cashman. Always shooting for the high upside, but oft-injured players instead of just doing what needs to be done.
Mid- move, so let’s keep it going, ya Terry Kinney lookalike…..
Cashman is one sly devil, isn’t he?
I honestly don’t think it is, Clip. Under the radar maybe, but not mid IMO. 3 years of control, good stuff, former first rounder, definitely has it to be a very good. We gave up a few prospects, but not one of the high end ones.
I sure hope you’re right. I’m basing my opinion off the stats, which seem relatively middling, especially when considering his injury history.
I’d love to be wrong on this one, and I value your opinion brother, so I’m going to roll with your take. Probably better than mine anyway…lol
On a separate and arguably more important note, do you see the Terry Kinney doppelgänger in Cashman?
TBH I had to look up who Terry Kinney was, but yes!
Yeah I like Weathers honestly. I know a lot of us folks that play fantasy always keep this guy on the periphery waiting for health and ability to go on this guy’s favor, but he already has MLB experience on his side which is great and again 3 years of control at least.
It’s definitely a decent move, I do wish we sent at least 1 pitcher instead of 4 position prospects, but it’s fine. Again, who know with these guys, none are sure things.
And as I said somewhere above, I’m all for second gen Yankees. Now lets get Belli back to keep that Dynasty nostalgia buzz going!
Throw a cap and glasses on Cash and they could be brothers, Clip.
Tim mcmanus
He had quite a bit of promise early on with the Pads, even made his debut in the 2020 NLDS. I don’t think we did his development any favors by throwing him to the wolves in 2021 as the rotation got ravaged by injuries.
He has terrific stuff. From what I remember, a lot of his starts were him rolling for an inning or two, before hitting a wall and imploding.
There’s definitely some upside here. He seemed like a good kid during his time in San Diego, just couldn’t quite put it together consistently. I hope he does well in New York.
Marlins got nothing. If Weathers stays healthy, he can be a very effective starter. He costs almost nothing salary wise, and the Yankees gave up nothing prospect wise. Probably the best trade of the offseason. Unfortunately, I am a Marlins fan, but as a small market team, I know they have almost no chance to ever win it again, though these awful trades severely limit any miracle chances
Weather’s is nothing right now. At least Cabrera showed signs of putting it all together. I love analytics and sabremetrics but this is their downside. We’re talking about weather’s like he’s going to be a co-ace with Fried because some underlying THEORETICAL numbers say so. He’s a swingman/reliever right now as far as I’m concerned until he’s not
Cabrera also cost Chicago their number one pice. Weathers was our 15 and below. Pretty solid pickup.
Correct. I like Cabrera better too, but they didn’t have to trade George Lombard to get Weathers.
Nobody said he’s anywhere near as good as Max Fried. That doesn’t mean he can’t be good though. He could be very good and the Yankees may be able to help him get there.
He has real upside though. He makes almost nothing. He comes with 3 years of control. The Yankess gave up a few mid tier prospects, that I would bet they will never mess, especially with their resources. Sure, I like Cabrera better, but he would cost their best prospect. The Yankees have real potential upside here, with very little to lose. LSP that make little, with years of control, usually don’t land in your lap for nothing you are ever most likely to miss.
At 1.5M in ’26 and team control in ’27/’28 he is a great addition to the pitching staff.
He can pitch too. He could be a great LHRP but I think he has the stuff to stick at the back of a rotation if he can locate his heater.
He throws hard but his fastball is hittable. For Weathers to be successful as a starter, he has to have impeccable control and hit his spots. He has to work the outside of the plate on righties.
I liked watching Justin Steele pitch before his TJ. The way he locates his fastball against righties, that is what makes Steele so effective. It isn’t his velo, he has great control of the strike zone. He has a great slider too but he locates his fastball as good as any LHP in the league.
“Probably the best trade of the offseason”…. HUH??
“If Weathers stays healthy”… But that hasn’t happened Ever. He’s 26 and his max innings is 86 in a season. He made his debut five years ago…
Sure he could still have issues staying healthy, but giving up some mid tier prospects, as a big market club that has $ to fill holes, to get a LSP that makes almost nothing, with 3 more years of control, that has shown some real ability at the MLB level, doesn’t leave much downside. Even if one of those prospects became a decent player, how much do you think the Yankees would really miss him?
How do you know Marlins got nothing?
Why can’t the Marlins ever keep their starting pitchers healthy for any longer than 6 months at a time (at best). Constantly having guys go down either for major surgery or slew of annoying short term maladies. They need new trainers or something.
That’s all pitchers. Even the Dodgers with all their money, development, training, etc. Max effort and velo is the game today.
Agreed 💯
I get it and I get frustrated as a Marlins fun, but it’s just bad luck. It has nothing to do with their trainers. Happens to every team. The Marlins have always been a bit of a bad luck organization IMO.
Good trade for the Yankees. Weathers is young, even though he has health issues. He is going to be a good reinforcement until the vets in the rotation get healthy. The 4 guys they gave up look like MLB bench depth at best.
I like the pitcher and while the prospects aren’t ranked high I know that the Marlins wanted Dillon Lewis as one of the pieces in the Cabrera package and I know they’re was another team that wanted Brendan Jones. The Marlins know the Yanks farm pretty good from the Jazz trade that netted them Agustin Ramirez and two other guys in their lower minor teams. I’m not crazy about losing Lewis but you hand to give to get and Weathers looks good and they didn’t have to give up Dominguez, Jones, Ramirez, Lagrange, Hess or Lombard.
The Yankees farm good? What crack are you smoking?
Are you working on the idea that if you say something often enough it becomes true ? Give it a rest.
@Clipper He looks like his Dad, David Weathers. (pitched with the Yanks briefly, among 10 other teams!)
Let’s be honest here. Weathers is not the worst guy they could’ve acquired. But for a bunch of promising prospects, specifically jasso and jones, why did they do this trade??? Career 4.93 ERA. Can’t stay healthy. Never started more than 18 games in his whole career. He isn’t Edward Cabrera. He isn’t Sandy Alcantara. He could be decent, he could be injured all the time and the Yankees just lost top prospects.
Well would you rather get Ryan Gusto, Janson Junk?
I would’ve rather gotten 2 pitchers. Or cabrera or Alcantara
In the space of a few sentences they went from “promising prospects” to “top prospects”
Guys who run major league teams have shown us that they don’t look at ERA as a predictive stat, and they shouldn’t.
That’s why you’re writing comments on a site. And Cashman, is our GM getting this team ready for the 2026 season. In other words sir, your opinion simply doesn’t matter.
This site seems to thrive on the takes and opinions posted in the comments section.
I know nothing about the prospects heading back but they all seem like they older (22-23) players and have failed to make it to the AAA yet or make a considerable impact in the lower levels. I’m surprised the Marlins couldn’t get more than this.
I really like the potential of Weathers especially in Yankee Stadium as a lefty. Yankees staff is looking legit. If some things bounce the right way they could be the best staff in baseball.
I say sign Luis Arraez and move Jazz to CF and sign another power bat/reclamation project at 1b and call it a day. Pitching Staff will give you to the trade deadline to figure out the lineup.
Arraez is not a 2B. A lot of groundball pitchers in the Yanks rotation. Putting one of the worst fielders in baseball at 2nd is a recipe for disaster.
@Yanks
Yanks have a 1B. His name is Ben Rice and he hit 26 homers in his rookie season.
Who cares unless it’s about Bellinger.
Cool move. I like it
Solid low key move by Cashman. More comin?
I am not saying it isnt a solid move. He could be good for the yankees.
And teams continue to give players to the Yankees for absolutely nothing in return. What a world.
I still can’t believe that Jeter gifted Stanton’s contract to the Yankees! That’s slightly worse than giving up Jazz for Augustin Ramirez and other pieces.
Ideal situation: yankees get bellinger or tucker. Then trade either jones or Dominguez for a pitcher like Freddy Peralta or Mackenzie gore. With other prospects obviously. And sign Bichette.
They ain’t getting Peralta or Gore for either of those guys.
Good pick up for NYY. Interesting side note is George Lombard Jr. has praised Jasso as a teammate/ballplayer (I think in a “road to the show” vid they did on him last year) and they’ve gone through virtually every minor league level together. I hope George losing his longtime buddy doesn’t affect his performance…
They have been “together ” in the minor leagues for 2 years. Hardly a lifelong partnership.
With all the injuries maybe the Yanks are doing it right with an 8 man rotation.. plus they have pitchers coming back from injuries or a bit injury prone. The bullpen can be lights out with all the extra starters
Max Fried
Carlos Rodón
Cam Schlittler
Will Warren
Clarke Schmidt
Luis Gil
Gerrit Cole
Ryan Weathers
Schmidt is not a good bet to be a factor for the great majority of the season with the timing of his tj. Warren, gil and weathers can all be optioned if need be and theres no guarantee that cole and/or rodon wont hit a setback, or that schlittler wont scuffle as the league sees more of him. And of course new injuries are always a concern for pitchers. Any team expecting to seriously contend is gonna ideally want to roll 7-8 starting options deep in today’s game. It would be very surprising if all of these guys were healthy and effective all at the same time at any point this year and that’s a good problem to have lol.
Schmidt is out for the whole season. Are you a bot?
The estimates i’ve seen on schmidt’s possible return date vary but a number of credible mlb news sources have suggested it is possible he could be activated toward the end of the season if rehab goes well. Obviously this isn’t guaranteed, but he did have the internal brace version of tj which has a shorter rehab period on average than the full reconstruction procedure.
To answer your fairly rude, under informed and abrasively over confident question, no I’m not a bot. I’m just a well informed yankee fan who can read and write at a fully literate adult level without needing chatgpt.
Yankees fans seem to hate the guy but I swear Cashman is constantly turning mid-tier prospects into talent like this. Durability concerns aside it seems like NY is getting so much value here.
@Meow
If this kid can stay healthy I think he would benefit from watching Freid. He gets a lot of praise for his control, pitch-ability and IQ. He’s not overpowering but did in the 93-96 range but really good offspeed stuff.
Too bad Fried had an unfortunate bowel movement on the mound in the playoffs when you’re supposed to be able to hold it.
I think Weathers ultimately winds up in the pen. He’ll likely make some starts at the beginning of the year with the injuries the Yankees have in the rotation.
His fastball might get another tick out of the pen and he can pair it with his change and sweeper. Weathers hasn’t been able to hold up through a full season. Bullpen might be the best path.
I.L. to start the season and probably less than 50 awful innings. This dude had been nothing but a disaster from the start. It is amazing how over hyped garbage stays in the MLB.
Name them?
I remember his pops pitching for the Yankees. Wasn’t a good run in pinstripes but David found better days later in his career
Not good in the regular season but he went 3-0 with a 0.82 ERA in 11 IP in the ’96 postseason. Hope he still has his ring.
True. I just realized the Yankees also traded with the Marlins to get his father.
Great move by Cashman
I hate this trade. Weathers has issues staying
healthy, but Cashman acquired another son of a former Yankee.
Four guys from him seems like an overpay. Lewis had a breakout season in a pitcher’s league. There seemed to be a lot of interest in him to waste him on Weathers – who never has pitched 100 innings.
They’re four lottery tickets. Weathers is under control for four more years and is a #5/#4 rotation pitcher.
This is exactly the type of trade the Yankees needed to make without much cost in prospects and salary commitment.
Ah, once again the foremost reason to make a trade…4 more years of control….and if he sucks, you;’re stuck with him for 3 years after you find out….typical Cashman trade…..
The love affair with controllable years is totally out of control…..control only matters when you get or exceed the performance you expect…otherwise control is way over-rated…
@Rocky07 If he sucks, they can non-tender him. Weathers, at the minimum, has shown he can handle a MLB lineup. Those pitchers don’t grow on trees.
You’re right except it’s only 3 years of control. Still not a bad trade. Decent depth in the rotation or bullpen for a package of guys who wouldn’t help Aaron Judge win a WS for at least two more years.
Thanks! It is 3.
Right there with you on this one ybc. And if weathers can’t stay healthy and effective as a starter his stuff could be filthy in a leverage relief role. Wouldn’t be an ideal outcome but there’s plenty of room for the yanks to get net value here.
And Edward Cabrera has only pitched 100 innings once, yet Owen Caissie was dealt for him.
I am waiting to hear from the Marlins fans here who were sure they were adding to contend this year. Not that I think this has that much of an impact since they still should be able to , but the optics are bad for fans and gives media outlets continuing fodder to claim they aren’t serious about spending money to compete.
Also, once again, shedding salary in bits and pieces. Add $13 m for Fairbanks only to subtract Cabrera and Weathers.
This elevates Mazur and Junk to starting 5.
It does feel like Bendix is punting.
I think Banned Marlins Fan has been banned again. Haven’t seen him in a few days.
Exactly. Pick a freakin’ lane.
Alcantara, Perez, Snelling, and White could become an excellent foursome in the rotation, with Garrett, Junk, or Meyer taking the other spot.
We are trading from strength and adding to weakness. Weathers was on a roll last year but he just can’t stay healthy, and not just normal injuries, you will likely see. Putting too many eggs in that basket is a mistake. We may have the same dilemma with Max Meyer this year. He has a lot to prove this year with his health.
Wait, so trading Weathers is a loss? I know you guys don’t watch the Marlins, but come on, even guys that don’t watch our team have got to know that this was a ‘meh move’. Or are you just trolling?
Seriously…Ryan Weathers?
It’s the combination of Cabrera and Weathers.
It puts a lot of pressure on the youngsters White and Snelling, or the guys currently on there that are meh….Junk, Mazur.
Convince Peter Bendix of that. He seems to have a different plan. In a short time, he’s gotten most of us Marlins to just trust him…unlike the previous GMs we had here. Also, none of us know what he and his scouts see in the development of White, Snelling, and Mazur or the health of Garrett or Meyer.
I admit, I’m curious as no one saw this trade coming. In the aftermath, we understand this was built from discussions they had with the Yankees over Cabrera, and Bendix specifically wanted two of the prospects he got here that he and his team demanded from the Yankees before in the Cabrera discussions. I’ll wait to see how this turns out.
crap, losing Lewis and Jones hurts bad. Jones had definite Gardy vibes and Lewis was tools galore
Neither of them have got out of A+ yet so they are the very definition of an unknown quantity. They are worth next to nothing at this point.
Jones played half the year at AA and was better than at A ball
I remember when they told us Estevian Florial had all the tools. How did he work out?
Nice pick-up considering the uncertainty around Cole and Rodon.
2026 AL Cy Young winner incoming…
I’m semi-convinced that the Yanks and Marlins have a secret love affair
I am semi-convinced that the Marlins are the Yankees’ AAA team.
This is some 4-D Chess roster construction. I am very excited by the low price and high upside of this trade.
For who ?
Marlins move even further into rebuild mode. Waiving a huge white flag by sending both Cabrera and Weathers packing in one offseason. Who is next?
They didn’t even get a halfway decent prospect in this trade. The best of the lot was a 40 grade OF that was not in the Yankees top 15 prospects. Totally a quantity over quality deal. One that is just for organizational filler.
All I can say is wow.
In fairness Lewis was ranked 8th by BA and most likely would have gotten some love in the FG rankings when they come out later this month.
What prospects do you expect to get for a pitcher who can’t stay healthy and, at best, looked like a 3rd-4th starter. Again, that’s his ceiling provided he stays healthy which hasn’t been the case for most of his career…
Not the pitcher I was expecting but didn’t have to deal ERC which is good. I honestly didn’t want Peralta. I’m surprised however another Lefty with Fried, Rondon and Yarborough
They needed a 2nd lefty in the pen. Weathers or Yarbrough will be in the pen to start the season and hopefully their rotation gets healthy at midseason and both of them are in the pen
They also have brent Hendrick and a young unproven jayvien sandridge. Hendrick all considered in a small sample size was ok
BA has him at a 40 FV, the same as the Pipeline FV. On the 20-80 scale that is below average. That would be his ceiling, a below average player who hits for a little power with a low average and plays above average defense. A 4th OF.
Considering there’s no guarantee Weathers can even be an average pitcher due to his injury concerns, I wouldn’t expect to give up any prospect who’s guaranteed to be an average MLB regular.
His FV and ceiling can change over time. Maybe something clicked. He had a massive increase in exit velo. Cut his K rate down and he becomes an actual prospect that can be more than a 4th OF type. A CF w/ 20-20 potential
Not a terrible return for a pitcher who debuted 5 years ago and has yet to eclipse 90 IP in a season.
Huh? Weathers is “packing in one offseason”?
Dear goodness!
Reading comprehension is not your strong suit.
“Waiving a huge white flag by sending both Cabrera and Weathers packing in one offseason.”
Apparently, neither is knowledge of baseball or even the Marlins. To each his own.
Again, Weathers?
So when a team trades away their third starter and a guy that may not make the rotation – with the second guy only having pitched a handful of games the year before, that’s packing in the season?
I know my baseball very well, junior.
Weather? I hardly forked her.
No one has mentioned that 3 of the 4 prospects traded are Rule 5 at the end of the 26 Season. None of them were going to play at the MLB level or make the 40 Man at the end of the 26 season. This trade does some Roster clean-up in advance. Pretty much Dillion for Weathers
An MLB player becomes Rule 5 eligible if they aren’t on a 40-man roster by the deadline, having either signed at 18 or younger and completed five professional seasons, or signed at 19 or older and completed four professional seasons, requiring their organization to add them to the 40-man roster to protect them from being drafted by another team in the Rule 5 Draft each December.
Lewis and Jacobs dint hasn’t to be added until AFTER the completion of 2027 and the other two at the end of 2026. By if they show enough potential then you just add them to the 40 man.
So 2 out of 4…My Bad. Jacobs isn’t going to be added (trade Bait) and the Single A player is a low level lottery ticket. So again, basically Dillion for weathers
A for Miami. Nice quality quantity return.
C NY. Only gave up 1 really quality prospect. Another hurts a bit. Other 2 easily tradable. Paid the price. Maybe paid too much but still a doable trade.
I remember when the Padres drafted Weathers. Many Padres fans (myself included) wanted them to go with Matthew Liberatore, Brady Singer or Carter Stewart. The Preller defenders said that if they took one of those three they wouldn’t have been able to afford to sign Xavier Edwards in the CBA round. Yet Weathers received the biggest signing bonus of the three (and only Singer received a bigger signing bonus relative to slot value). Hindsight being 20/20, Singer IS the guy they should have drafted. Weathers has had a better career than Liberatore so far but that’s because he made it to the majors faster. Liberatore is trending up while Weathers has mostly been at a flat constant in Miami. And then Carter Stewart ended up being a complete and total POS so I guess Preller gets a pass on that one.
I like this move for the Fish but only if they add a starter via FA. As much as I liked the return for Cabrera and Weathers, trading two controllable SP is risky.
Snelling and White are ready to contribute now.
I feel White might need another year but Snelling absolutely. I’d still bring in another SP just to be on the safe side.
The fact that they trade both tells me that Bendix doesn’t have confidence in Cabrera or Weathers. That;’s kind of clear – especially in the latter.
It also says that they’re opening the path for Snelling and White. And it probably says that Braxton Garrett is healthy.
Except for the fact that Bendix said 6 days ago that Garrett won’t be ready to start the season and that White will not start the season in Miami after just 12 games at AA or above, that almost makes sense.
Add in the fact that there are now 4 pitchers all time that have had 2 elbow surgeries like Garrett and returned to put up a season with an ERA under 4.00 and make more than 20 starts and that does not bode well for Garrett in 2026.
Bendix would not even commit to Caissie starting in the OF for the Marlins on opening day, saying; “Owen had a taste of the big leagues and didn’t show in that taste what I think he’s capable of. We are going to give him an opportunity to prove it, but he also is going to have to earn it because we have a lot of other very good players competing for that spot.”
What this move combined with trading Cabrera says about the Marlins is that 2026 is another throw away season. The rebuild continues.
Stretch, Bendix agrees with you about White.
Apparently he agrees with him about Snelling too.
Predication this dude will start the season on the I.L. and will finish the season with less than 50 innings.
@Don Diesel
But remember, everyone has to bash the Marlins for trading Weathers…and for 4 prospects – two of which they targeted when the Yankees engaged them about Cabrera!
cashman building a dynasty-era nepo baby roster. does graeme lloyd have a kid?
What’s wrong with getting Verlander for one year? I’d do that instead of trading prospects.
Number of Yankees fans hoping they would trade for Ryan Weathers yesterday = zero.
Number of Yankees fans waxing poetic about how great Ryan Weathers will be = all of them.
Number of Red Sox fans crying because they didn’t get Bregman back = all of them
Many sox fans are actually happy. Trust me
You logic will get you everywhere.
Stormy’s son. Good luck in New York.
Next step for Kyle Tucker.
The olde 4 for 1 deal. Weathers is a bargain with upside. Good acquisition for the bad guys.
The best ability is availability.
I know he is a starter but has had injuries i wonder if they will try to limit his innings and make him a shut down reliever7th inning? Also I think news tork will resign David Robertson just a bunch he’s always in the area, started with NY he’s over 40 perhaps he finishes in NY
The writing is on the wall here as Yankees will not trade Gil or Warren and Dominguez for Peralta unless they resign Bellinger. If Bellinger walks they at least get a decent stop gap arm until Rodon returns. Under NO circumstances is Jones being included in a trade pkg for 1 yr of Peralta who likely departs via free agency.
Belli is gone. He will go back to LA. A damn shame, I really loved how he played great defense, hustled and swung the bat.
Honestly the perfect move for the Yankees. They don’t have to commit too much to a 5-man rotation quality pitcher. Once Rodon/Cole come back from rehab, he will pretty easily move into the bullpen and be one of their better lefty relievers/swingman.
Sneaky good pickup here… but I’ll say this… it says he’s 6’1… the dude is not that tall. He’s like 5’9 at best
Yanks picking all the Padres failures up. Next is Gore from Wash who can actually be decent of course as long as he doesn’t go to the NYY.
This was what this clown cash was spending all his time on?
Not impressed.
Interesting approach by the marlins.
While Kim ng tried to remodel the offense more in the Guardians way going for contact which was kinda limited in success the new FO goes for good plate discipline with power even at the cost of swing and miss. That is a bit like what the rays did, doesn’t always look pretty but can put runs on the board.
I guess the two options for the Fish are either bring a Starter from free agency or give full confidence to Rob Snelling as a 4/5th starter.
Nobody really knows how Garrett and Meyer are doing health wise, but to me this is a quite risky move. Weathers is himself injury prone but he’s still young, cheap, controllable and a good #3 starter.
C’mon now Marlins, don’t stop there and keep surprising us.
We have to admit, Bendix keeps it interesting. And the nice part of it is that he’s kinda gained our trust…unlike the last two GMs we’ve had that MLB’s League office can have.
George would be ashamed of his son if he were still alive and Cashman would have been unemployed years ago. What a boring Yankee winter.
So, Cashman should just overpay for everyone? And that would make him a great a GM? Give Belli 8 years? 50 mill to Meh Tucker?? And trade all the farm for a few rentals?
Fair trade although only only 1-2 of the low A prospects have potential. Other two are lottery tickets
Needle doesn’t move. Still a little above half tank.
Mid-rotation skills. But, he spends far too much time on the IL.
Might work out for the Yankees. I’d classify him as a lottery ticket.
Interesting stuff… I suspect the Yanks are looking to catch flashback pedigree pitching genetics in a bottle?? I vaguely remember watching his father’s gutsy pitching performances in relief for them back in ‘96 when the first of one & then several more WS rings were earned by a memorable group of players. Weathers or not it’s coincidence, maybe good karma will take hold and allow this move to add a little more than just folklore into Yankees arms race as Spring Training draws nearer?? I wish him the best for better health and a great experience while donning the pinstripes.
Wish full thinking. I’m getting sick of this teams management.
Sox meat for lunch
This guy is garbage when he healthy, his better when he’s on the IL. What is this team’s management doing? Judge should be traded to a team that will give him a chance to win a W,S,