Yankees' Aaron Boone makes big Ryan Weathers announcement after 11.68 ERA spring
This is some big news for the Yankees' rotation in 2026.
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Coming into the 2026 MLB season, the New York Yankees had some questions about their starting rotation. While there were a few locked into the rotation, like Max Fried and Cam Schlittler, there was a spot open at the back-end. Carlos Lagrange, with a 0.
66 ERA in spring training across four starts, was making a case for that spot. However, he was reassigned back to the minors, and instead, Ryan Weathers got some big news for his roster spot in 2026. According to MLB.
com's Bryan Hoch , the Yankees will be going with Weathers in their starting rotation to begin the season despite a rough end to his 2026 spring training. Yankees officially name Ryan Weathers to starting rotation "Ryan Weathers will be in the Yankees' starting rotation, Aaron Boone confirmed," Hoch reported after Weather's blow-up start Thursday. Against the Toronto Blue Jays , Weathers struggled across three innings, allowing eight hits, seven runs, all earned, and giving up a grand slam to George Springer.