MINNEAPOLIS — Luke Weaver didn’t lose the sport for the Yankees on Monday evening, however he didn’t make it any simpler for them to attempt to win it.
And after getting tagged for 5 runs whereas recording one out within the seventh inning of what turned a 7-0 loss to the Twins, he didn’t attempt to sugarcoat his outing both.
“That was trash,” Weaver stated.
The final time he was on the mound earlier than Monday, Weaver was getting two large strikeouts to strand a pair of inherited runners in Saturday’s win over the Pink Sox, a scene harking back to his finest self over the previous two seasons.
However the reliever has had some extra hiccups of late, giving up at the least one run in 4 of his previous six outings as he tries to get again on monitor in time for the playoffs.
Monday’s points, at the least, needed to do together with his mechanics whereas giving up three hits and two walks.
“The physique simply wasn’t on time,” Weaver stated. “It wasn’t aligned with what I used to be attempting to execute and do. I felt like I used to be combating myself the entire time. Mentally, I used to be simply attempting to beat it, have an excellent mindset and keep inside myself. These two issues simply weren’t coming collectively.
“I’m not in any ache or something alongside these strains. It’s simply an vitality, an absence of togetherness with the physique. These issues occur. Nevertheless it’s simply inexcusable. We acquired to discover a solution to get it accomplished and overcome that.”
Earlier than making his begin Monday, Carlos Rodón was named the Yankees nominee for the 2025 Roberto Clemente Award, a nod for the work that he and spouse Ashley have accomplished with their basis that helps {couples} dealing with infertility and being pregnant loss.
“It’s positively an enormous honor,” Rodón stated. “Roberto was fairly the ambassador for baseball. An unbelievable participant on the sphere and a greater individual off the sphere, giving his time to assist folks and youngsters.”
Rodón was one in every of seven Yankees — together with David Bednar, Fernando Cruz, Paul Goldschmidt, Tim Hill, Aaron Decide (who received it in 2023) and Giancarlo Stanton — to put on No. 21 in honor of the previous Pirates Corridor of Famer and humanitarian on Monday, which was Roberto Clemente Day.
“I feel it’s time to retire 21 league-wide, simply what he meant to the sport of baseball and extra importantly, who he was off the sphere,” stated Bednar, who grew up in Pittsburgh and spent the previous 4 ¹/₂ years with the Pirates.
After beginning 11 straight video games, together with catching Sunday evening’s collection finale towards the Pink Sox, Ben Rice was out of the lineup Monday earlier than pinch-hitting and catching the eighth inning.
“He’s clearly performed in all probability as a lot as anybody,” Boone stated. “Being conscious of this time of yr, he hasn’t performed rather a lot down the stretch [in previous years] and he’s catching on high of it.”
Aaron Decide was named the American League Participant of the Week on Monday after batting 9-for-20 (.450) with a 1.760 OPS and 5 residence runs in six video games.
