With Devin Williams unavailable, Weaver stepped back into the ninth inning role and didn’t miss a beat, getting Brandon Lowe and Christopher Morel each on swinging third strikes before retiring Kameron Misner on a pop out to second base to end it. Weaver has been a major weapon out of the Yankees’ bullpen this season, firing 10 innings of shutout baseball with a 0.70 WHIP and an 11/5 K/BB ratio.

Weaver, who hadn’t pitched in a week, got the save chance tonight because Devin Williams is on the paternity list. Encouraging was that he averaged 94.4 mph with his fastball. That’s still down 1.3 mph from last season, but it’s a clear improvement over where he was this spring and in his season debut (93.4 mph).

Weaver’s velocity was again down about three mph in his third spring appearances. His hardest pitch today came in at 93.6 mph, which is rather discouraging from someone who averaged 95.7 mph with his fastball last season. We’ll have to wait and find out if he’s simply saving it for the regular season.

Mike Ford homered for the lone run off him. Weaver topped out at 94.4 mph and averaged 92.7 mph on his 12 fastballs today. Last year, he averaged 95.7 mph. It was his first outing, so it’s hardly an emergency situation yet. Still, that is quite the drop.