New York Yankees Joel Sherman Yankees’ pitching gamble at trade deadline makes Ryan Weathers’ injury even more devastating By Joel Sherman Published Aug. 22, 2026, 7:32 p.m. ET Robert Sabo for the NY Post This was the Yankees’ Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
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You know it is miserable when the third-worst thing that happened was spending most of Saturday being no-hit by Dylan Cease and, thus, helping the Blue Jays ace’s AL Cy Young case against Cam Schlittler for good measure.
Before what would be a 4-3 Blue Jays victory, Aaron Boone revealed that Giancarlo Stanton recently had fallen while running the bases and injured his left calf, just as he was approaching a return from what had been multiple injuries to his right calf. The chances of the slugger playing again this season are now low.
Then, during the fourth inning, Ryan Weathers walked off the mound with what the Yankees termed “left forearm discomfort.”
