Ryan Weathers is mentioned as the likely starter of the Marlins for Thursday’s game against the Nationals. He is activated from the 60-day wounded list and takes the ball for the first time in three months. Miami will have to open a place on the 40-man roster.
Weathers has struggled a second consecutive injury. An index finger voltage on his throwing hand cost him most of the second half of 2024. This year he saw the first six weeks missing after he had sustained an forearm voltage. Weathers returned and lasted five starts more than three weeks before he sustained the bar injury.
The health problems have interrupted a possible outbreak. The former seventh general pick turned into a 3.63 ERA with solid strikeout and run numbers over 16 starts a year ago. He has worked 24 2/3 frames of 3.28 ERA -Bal while this year he has beaten 22.5% of the opponents. Weathers has pushed its average fastball speed above 97 mph. His switch and breaking ball have each received strong results. Weathers has also shown much better order about his two seasons in Miami than early in his career at De Padres. He has the opportunity to be a mid-rotation a starter if his arm lasts.
Weathers has exceeded the three -year service threshold and will reach arbitration for the first time in the low season. His limited work will keep his salary affordable and he is under team control for three years. He is part of a talented but volatile collection of starting pitchers in Miami.
Fish Sandy Alcantara Signed next season for $ 17 mm. Weathers, Edward Cabrera” Braxton Garrett And Max Meyer are all eligible for arbitration. They have all shown a flash of promise, but have not proven that they can stay healthy. Eury Perez is still in his pre-arbitration years. Janson Junk And Ryan likes it could compete for stains at the back. That is before a Minor League pipeline has been reported that characterizes Thomas White” Robby Snelling And Noble Meyer. Alcantara will probably be in the trade block in the winter. Much of the short future of the Marlins will depend on the health and development of their collection of younger arms.
Cabrera is perhaps the largest X-factor. He has had a career season and is working on a 3.57 run average on a personal high 24 starts. He has performed at a top level that goes back to the beginning of May: 110 innings of 2.95 ERA ball with a strike output of 26.5%. The run was stopped when an elbow disposal sent him to the injured list last week. Cabrera also has a history of shoulder problems and had not reached 100 MLBinings in a season until this year.
The Marlins end a week after diagnosis for a week. Manager Clayton McCullough said this afternoon that Cabrera will now perform a throwing program that gives him the chance to return this season (link via Christina de Nicola or MLB.com). McCullough did not surprisingly suggest that the team would close things quickly if the Elleboog of Cabrera does not respond well, but indicated that the pitcher and the team both want to see how he feels as he throws with more intensity. Even if Miami does not play for anything in the rankings, Cabrera would certainly feel a lot better about his low season if he is able to get back on the hill for one or two performance before the year closes.
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