\u201cI just think there\u2019s some factors that are building up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those factors became large enough for the Yankees staff to intervene. The Yankees have minds studying each pitcher to detect possible areas in which opposing teams might be able to pick up on which pitch is coming.<\/p>\n
![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Luke-Weaver.jpg\")
A dejected Luke Weaver walks to the dugout after being taken out of the game in the seventh inning of the Yankees\u2019 10-1 blowout loss to the Blue Jays in Game 1 of the ALDS on Oct. 4, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
Considering the added attention from every team in the postseason, the Yankees decided Weaver\u2019s issue was pressing enough to address.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen things are brought to your attention,\u201d Blake said, \u201cthings have to be adjusted.\u201d<\/p>\n
Such adjustments happen all the time. It is more rare that such adjustments happen on the fly during the largest games of the year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re just happening pretty late, and it\u2019s become a lot,\u201d said Weaver, who entered in the seventh inning of a game his club trailed 2-1 and walked Daulton Varsho before giving up singles to Anthony Santander and Andr\u00e9s Gim\u00e9nez to jump-start a four-run inning.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Yankees believe Weaver is no longer tipping his pitches.<\/p>\n
But whatever tweak he has made has altered his feeling and execution on the mound.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s really the issue now, is how much is taking your mind away from actually executing pitches vs. tipping,\u201d Blake said. \u201cI think that\u2019s the line you\u2019re trying to avoid.\u201d<\/p>\n
![\"Aaron](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Luke-Weaver-2.jpg\")
Aaron Boone takes Luke Weaver out of the game in the seventh inning of the Yankees\u2019 Game 1 blowout loss to the Blue Jays. Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n
Weaver was remarkable all of last season and last October, when he was the club\u2019s closer. <\/p>\n
He had a somewhat strange 2025, in which he began brilliantly \u2014 he owned a 1.05 ERA when he was sidelined in June by a hamstring strain \u2014 was knocked around for much of the end of June and July and was generally strong down the stretch, with the exceptions of two outings against the Tigers and Twins in which he allowed eight total runs.<\/p>\n
It is unclear how long Weaver had been tipping his pitches, but he, Blake and manager Aaron Boone believe the stuff itself is at its usual level.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI feel like I\u2019m close. I feel like I\u2019m competitive,\u201d Weaver said after a night he might have been more unfortunate than bad. \u201cI don\u2019t feel like I\u2019m getting hit hard. Guys are finding some holes. \u2026 I just felt late in the adjustments I was making.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 The problem facing Luke Weaver has been diagnosed. As Saturday demonstrated, it has not been completely…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":278669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,5919,1266,61637,405,403,2228,5226,5225,5228,5227,62,1290,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-278668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-luke-weaver","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-playoffs","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-yankees","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkcity","17":"tag-ny","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115319518575586810","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}