What Aaron Boone's positive Luis Gil update means for Yankees' Ryan Weathers
Weathers takes the mound on Saturday against the Marlins.
What Aaron Boone's positive Luis Gil update means for Yankees' Ryan Weathers originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Yankees have been using a four-man rotation to start the season.
Right-hander Luis Gil opened the season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre , mainly because New York's off days in March and in the early goings of April did not require them to carry five starters. Instead of keeping Gil on the bench and having him throw bullpen sessions on the side, they felt it was best to have the 2024 AL Rookie of the Year make at least one start against hitters from an opposing team in the minors. However, we now know when Gil will return to the mound in the Majors for the Yankees.
"The Yankees plan to have Luis Gil return to the rotation on April 10 at Tropicana Field, Aaron Boone said," MLB. com's Bryan Hoch wrote Saturday on X. What Gil's return means for Ryan Weathers Gil's return means that offseason trade acquisition Ryan Weathers may be out of the rotation by the time Carlos Rodon and or Gerrit Cole are reinstated from the injured list.
Weathers will start on Saturday night against the Miami Marlins , his former club. The 26-year-old struck out seven and allowed one earned run on four hits in his Yankees debut against the Seattle Mariners . Given his recent lengthy injury history, a move to the bullpen may not be the worst-case scenario for Weathers.