NEW YORK — Luke Weaver‘s 2025 choice was exercised by the New York Yankees on Friday for $2.5 million.
Weaver took over from Clay Holmes as Yankees nearer in September and completed 7-3 with a 2.89 ERA and 4 saves, placing out 103 and strolling 26 in 84 innings.
The 31-year-old right-hander was 1-0 with a 1.76 ERA and 4 saves within the postseason because the Yankees gained their first AL pennant since 2009 and misplaced to the Los Angeles Dodgers within the World Collection.
He was claimed off waivers by the Yankees from Seattle in September 2023, grew to become a free agent and re-signed with New York in January for a $2 million deal that wound up incomes him one other $250,000 in efficiency bonuses.
