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Jorge CastilloJun 20, 2025, 03:17 PM ET
- ESPN shot reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post earlier covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.
NEW YORK -- The Yankees activated reliever Luke Weaver from the injured database Friday, sooner than initially anticipated, to bolster the backmost extremity of their bullpen.
Weaver strained his hamstring portion stretching successful the bullpen connected June 1. He was placed connected the injured database 2 days aboriginal and was expected to miss four-to-six weeks. Weaver bushed that projection, returning successful little than 3 weeks.
The right-hander threw a unrecorded bullpen league connected Tuesday, simulating 1 ⅓ innings successful afloat azygous astatine Yankee Stadium. It was the last checkpoint successful his quicker-than-expected recovery. Afterward, Weaver said the discomfort successful his hamstring subsided wrong a mates of days of suffering the injury.
Weaver, 30, has been 1 of the apical relievers successful the majors this season, posting a 1.05 ERA and 0.70 WHIP successful 24 appearances. He began the play arsenic the superior setup antheral for Devin Williams, but helium was moved into the person relation successful precocious April aft Williams' aboriginal struggles.
Williams has since rebounded; the two-time All-Star has allowed 3 runs successful 15 ⅔ innings (1.72 ERA) crossed 17 outings since May 7. This week, manager Aaron Boone said helium had not yet decided whether Williams would proceed arsenic the club's person oregon Weaver would presume the relation again.
