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Luke Weaver
New York Yankees
Pitcher
2024 Projected Value: $0
2024 Actual Value: $11 Difference: $11
Based on 10-team AL-only league

Player Stats Daily Log

Year	W	L	Sv	Hold	IP	H	BB	SO	ER	ERA	WHIP	Rate
2024 proj	4	6	0	0	93.0	115	30	85	63	6.10	1.559	-16.6
2024	7	3	4	22	84.0	51	26	103	25	2.68	0.917	55.9
2023	3	6	0	0	123.7	155	40	109	88	6.40	1.577	-36.3
2022	1	1	0	0	35.7	52	13	38	26	6.56	1.822	-11.3
2021	3	6	0	0	65.7	58	20	62	31	4.25	1.188	12.4
2020	1	9	0	0	52.0	63	18	55	38	6.58	1.558	-41.1
2019	4	3	0	0	64.3	55	14	69	21	2.94	1.073	29.5
2018	7	11	0	0	136.3	150	54	121	75	4.95	1.496	1.7
2017	7	2	0	0	60.3	59	17	72	26	3.88	1.260	22.4
2016	1	4	0	0	36.3	46	12	45	23	5.70	1.596	-4.3

Player News

Date	News
10/30/24	Yankees closer drew inspiration from watching Red Sox Netflix documentary. Luke Weaver decided to watch some film after the New York Yankees dropped Game 1 of the World Series when Freddie Freeman hit a walk-off grand slam for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Weaver told WEEI's Rob Bradford on the “Baseball Isn't Boring” podcast that he binged the series when the Yankees were in Los Angeles For Games 1 and 2. Source: https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2024/10/yankees-cl...
10/29/24	Yankees’ ‘big’ eighth inning in World Series Game 4 did more than ensure a win. After Luke Weaver got four outs in Game 4, a five-run eighth inning allowed the Yankees closer to rest up for another must-win game on Wednesday. Source: https://sny.tv/articles/yankees-eighth-inning-worl...
10/25/24	The Yankees weren't Luke Weaver's first choice. New closer Luke Weaver is the Yankees' surprise star, and he's surprised himself by loving it here. “New York isn't a place that I would have said is the top of my wish list. But a lot of people have told me that they came to like it when they played here, and I finally see why,” Weaver, a Floridian, said. Luke Weaver pitches during the Yankees-Guardians game on Oct. 19, 2024. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post Weaver's call to sign with the Yankees was easy, as he had only minor league offers (11 of them) plus one from the Yokohama Bay Stars for about $1.5M. The $2M Yankees offer, which includes a team option for $2.5M that will be exercised, was easily the best. I asked him if there were anything Source: https://nypost.com/2024/10/25/sports/yankees-luke-...
10/23/24	'Florida kid to the Big Apple': Yankees closer, former FSU ace Luke Weaver in World Series. The New York Yankees will look to DeLand, Florida native and former Florida State baseball star Luke Weaver to shut down Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/florida-kid-big-apple-yan...
10/23/24	World Series 2024: Inside rise of Yankees closer Luke Weaver. Before becoming a Friday night starter at Florida State, before becoming a first-round pick, before becoming a journeyman-starter-turned-vital-reliever in the Bronx, Luke Weaver grew up a shortstop honing his skills in his central Florida backyard. Mark Weaver owns 30 acres in DeLand. It became a haven for Luke and his younger brother, Jake. "It was awesome," Mark Weaver said. Source: https://abc7ny.com/sports/world-series-2024-inside...
10/18/24	Who is Big Christmas? Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel hits season-saving home run vs. Yankees in ALCS Game 3. Noel, a 23-year-old rookie, hit a mammoth home run against Yankees closer Luke Weaver in ALCS Game 3 Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/who-is-big-chri...
10/18/24	Who is Big Christmas? Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel hits season-saving home run vs. Yankees in ALCS Game 3. Noel, a 23-year-old rookie, hit a mammoth home run against Yankees closer Luke Weaver in ALCS Game 3 Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/who-is-big-chri...
10/17/24	Who is Big Christmas? Guardians' Jhonkensy Noel hits season-saving home run vs. Yankees in ALCS Game 3. Noel, a 23-year-old rookie, hit a mammoth home run against Yankees closer Luke Weaver in ALCS Game 3 Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/who-is-big-chri...
10/15/24	How Yankees closer Luke Weaver went from journeyman starter to dominant reliever. Luke Weaver had a 6.40 ERA with three teams as a starter in 2023, now he's a lights-out closer for the Yankees Source: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/how-yankees-clo...
10/15/24	Yankees' Luke Weaver warms to his dreamy song while thriving as skinny October workhorse. Yankees fans chanted “Luuuuuuuuke” when the bullpen gate opened Monday night and No. 30 in pinstripes started jogging in from the outfield to the mound with a soft rock tune that's almost 50 years old blaring from the Yankee Stadium sound system. Luke Weaver has come around to Gary Wright's “Dream Weaver,” which climbed to No. 2 on the USA Billboard top 100 shortly after its December 1975 release. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2024/10/yankees-luke-we...
10/12/24	Luke Weaver let out `ferocious jungle cat' in new role as Yankees closer. Converted into the New York Yankees closer, Luke Weaver let out his animal instinct. “It's just like the ferocious jungle cat just comes out me," he said during the clubhouse celebration after Thursday night's AL Division Series clincher in Kansas City, speaking on the Yes Network. New York opens the AL Championship Series at home against Cleveland or Detroit on Monday night, seeking to reach the World Series for the first time since winning its 27th title in 2009. Yankees relievers didn't allow an earned run in 15 2/3 innings against the Royals. Source: https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/nation-world/luk...
10/11/24	Luke Weaver let out `ferocious jungle cat' in new role as Yankees closer. Converted into the New York Yankees closer, Luke Weaver let out his animal instinct. “It's just like the ferocious jungle cat just comes out me,” he said during the clubhouse celebration after Thursday night's AL Division Series clincher in Kansas City, speaking on the Yes Network. New York opens the AL Championship Series at home against Cleveland or Detroit on Monday night, seeking to reach the World Series for the first time since winning its 27th title in 2009. Source: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/baseball/...
10/09/24	Who is Yankees closer Luke Weaver? What went wrong when he pitched for the Reds, Royals?. Luke Weaver started for the Reds against the Yankees in May 2023. Now he's pitching in the MLB postseason, as the Yankees' closer. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/yankees-closer-luke-weave...
10/06/24	Luke Weaver's upside finally realized with Yankees after many saw potential — including Royals. They saw the arm. They were the latest to appraise the upside potential. With Luke Weaver, there always was possibility. Big fastball, low walks, high-end athlete. The 2022 Royals were well into their sixth straight losing season and were on to planning for 2023, when they obtained Weaver from the Diamondbacks at the Aug. 1 trade deadline for third baseman Emmanuel Rivera. J.J. Picollo, Kansas City's GM then and now, thought there was the potential for a high-end reliever and figured the Royals could use the rest of that season as preparation for the following year. He smiles wryly before Game 1 of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium because he knows what didn't happen for him and his team finally has Source: https://nypost.com/2024/10/06/sports/luke-weavers-...
10/05/24	Bobby Witt, Aaron Boone enraged during dramatic late at-bat in Yankees' win over Royals. Nobody was happy during the penultimate at-bat of the Yankees' 6-5 win over the Royals in Game 1 of the ALDS. Yankees reliever Luke Weaver — and since the end of the season, the team's closer — struck out Royals superstar Bobby Witt Jr. in a dramatic eight-pitch battle. Facing a full count, Weaver threw a 96-mph fastball that appeared to be below the strike zone. The home plate ump got tired of hearing the chirping from the #Yankees dugout in the ninth #RepBx #Postseason pic.twitter.com/B6k1kOqDSn — New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) October 6, 2024 3 Bobby Witt Jr. strikes out to end the Yankees' Game 1 win over the Royals on Oct. 5, 2024. Screengrab But home plate umpire Adam Hamari called Source: https://nypost.com/2024/10/05/sports/bobby-witt-aa...
10/04/24	Luke Weaver becomes Yankees closer after getting cut by Reds and Mariners. Luke Weaver walked onto the Wrigley Field mound last month for his big league closing debut and was far from stoic. Come Saturday night, he could be on the mound at a moment once dominated by Mariano Rivera, pitching in pinstripes at an AL Division Series before a rabid crowd counting on him to close out wins that propel the Yankees toward their first World Series title since 2009. Source: https://www.pressrepublican.com/ap/sports/luke-wea...
10/02/24	Luke Weaver becomes Yankees closer after getting cut by Reds and Mariners. Cut by the Cincinnati Reds and Seattle Mariners last year, Luke Weaver finds himself as the New York Yankees postseason closer. Manager Aaron Boone turned to the right-hander last month after a series of blown saves by two-time All-Star Clay Holmes. A first-round draft pick by St. Louis in 2014, the 31-year-old Weaver is with his sixth big league team. Source: https://www.ksl.com/article/51147060/luke-weaver-b...
10/02/24	On the ascension of Luke Weaver, who could be Yankees' X-factor in October. Luke Weaver will be on the mound for some of the most crucial outs of the postseason as the Yankees try to get back to the World Series for the first time since 2009 Source: https://sny.tv/articles/yankees-luke-weaver-playof...
10/02/24	Yankees' Luke Weaver, fired up for 1st postseason, sets record straight on bullpen role. Drafted in the first round by the Cardinals in 2014, one year after St. Louis made its second World Series appearance in a span of three years, Yankees right-hander Luke Weaver was on a postseason pipeline. Back then, he was a top prospect, a starter with immense potential that was poised to be a fixture in the Cardinals' rotation for years to come. Source: https://www.nj.com/yankees/2024/10/yankees-luke-we...
10/01/24	Luke Weaver took long, winding road to become Yankees' closer. The reliever who will be tasked with getting some of the biggest outs of the playoffs for the Yankees was just a waiver claim eating innings last September. By January, he was a $2 million flier re-signed for starting depth and by March, he made the Opening Day roster as a long man. But now in October, Luke Weaver has emerged as the biggest weapon in the Yankees bullpen, one who has effectively taken over the closer's job and will remain there in the postseason, unless they need him with the game on the line before the ninth inning. 3 Luke Weaver works out in preparation for the ALDS, which begins on Saturday at Yankee Stadium. Robert Sabo / New York Post “I know I surprised the world a little Source: https://nypost.com/2024/10/01/sports/the-long-wind...

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