Yankees’ Ryan Weathers to follow in father’s footsteps after trade from Marlins

Ryan Weathers had just finished throwing a bullpen and sweating in a sauna when Peter Bendix, the Marlins’ president of baseball operations, called him on Tuesday. Bendix informed the left-hander that Miami had traded him to the Yankees. It was a familiar twist of fate for the Weathers family, as the then-Florida Marlins dealt Ryan’s dad, David, to the Bronx during the 1996 season. David went on to allow one run over 11 innings that postseason, which ended with a Yankees championship and started a dynasty. Despite the family history, the younger Weathers said that his trade, which sent prospects Dillon Lewis, Brendan Jones, Dylan Jasso and Juan Matheus to Miami, came as “pure shock.” “I just...