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 mentioned.
The final time he was on the mound earlier than Monday, Weaver was getting two big strikeouts to strand a pair of inherited runners in Saturday’s win over the Crimson Sox, a scene paying homage to his finest self over the previous two seasons.
However the reliever has had some extra hiccups of late, giving up at the very least one run in 4 of his previous six outings as he tries to get again on observe in time for the playoffs.
Monday’s points, at the very least, needed to do together with his mechanics whereas giving up three hits and two walks.
“The physique simply wasn’t on time,” Weaver mentioned. “It wasn’t aligned with what I used to be making an attempt to execute and do. I felt like I used to be combating myself the entire time. Mentally, I used to be simply making an attempt 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, a scarcity of togetherness with the physique. These issues occur. Nevertheless it’s simply inexcusable. We received to discover a solution to get it finished 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 finished with their basis that helps {couples} dealing with infertility and being pregnant loss.
“It’s undoubtedly an enormous honor,” Rodón mentioned. “Roberto was fairly the ambassador for baseball. An unbelievable participant on the sector and a greater particular person off the sector, giving his time to assist folks and kids.”
Rodón was certainly one 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 sector,” mentioned 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 sequence finale towards the Crimson Sox, Ben Rice was out of the lineup Monday earlier than pinch-hitting and catching the eighth inning.
“He’s clearly performed most likely as a lot as anybody,” Boone mentioned. “Being aware of this time of yr, he hasn’t performed quite a bit 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.
