Yankees have signed a free agent pitcher to a contract

However, with the Yankees, he pitched 13.1 innings with a 3.38 ERA and 10.80 strikeouts per nine innings, with a 93.8% left-on-base rate and a 36.8% ground ball rate.

According to advanced data, the Yankees assisted in introducing a cutter to his game late in the season, a pitch that dominated in September, hosting a.217 batting average. His fastball was more effective, but the Yankees largely ignored his curveball, throwing it only 12 times in the final month and minimizing his use of the sweeper.

Pitching coach Matt Blake clearly had some ideas for improving Weaver’s stuff, like as using his cutter more regularly to play off his four-seamer. Clearly, that was a good move that yielded good results, and the Yankees want to build on that momentum.

Weaver is expected to fill a relief role and possibly serve as a spot starter to help bolster the rotation, but he is more of a depth signing than anything else.