Weeks before he was struggling to get through an inning in the playoffs, New York Yankees reliever Luke Weaver was a candidate to go into this offseason with a bold goal in mind. Following in the same footsteps as New York Mets pitcher Clay Holmes, he was going to revert back to being a starter again.
Much like Holmes, the welcome is wearing out in the Bronx as a high-leverage reliever. If you’ve shut off your television since the MLB playoffs began, you might have missed how Weaver has recorded just one out in 3 appearances while allowing 5 earned runs.