In 2016, Weems struggled at the plate and switched positions. Now, the former catcher is a reliever for the Nationals.
Before the meeting, Weems worried the Red Sox were about to release him, and his chances to make the majors would plummet. Five years after Boston selected him in the third round of the draft, his future in baseball felt uncertain.
In his first full season as a pitcher in 2017, Weems registered a 6-2 record, a 4.10 ERA, and 46 strikeouts as he progressed from rookie league to high-Class A. By 2019, he’d made it to Class AAA, but after that season, he chose to become a free agent. Over the next two years, he bounced from the Oakland Athletics to the Arizona Diamondbacks and between the minors and majors.
Nine years after he was drafted, Weems finally made his MLB debut in 2020 with Oakland. The following season, Weems split time between the A’s and their Class AAA affiliate, the Las Vegas Aviators. He played five games in the majors before Oakland designated him for assignment. Later that summer, the Arizona Diamondbacks claimed him off waivers, and in 1⅓ innings across two games, he allowed seven earned runs before being sent back to the minors.
During his time refining his skills, he threw hundreds of pitches and developed a unique quirk in his footwork. Most right-handed pitchers twist their right foot to complete their follow-through, but Weems overcompensates, dragging his toe along the ground. That leads to multiple tears in his team-issued footwear. His Air Jordan 1 cleats feature a predominantly black upper with subtle hints of white on the sides and a large hole near the toe box.
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