​NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 22: Ryan Weathers #40 of the New York Yankees pitches during the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, August 22, 2026 in New York, New York. (Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images The cruelty of the game of baseball was on full display on Saturday afternoon in the Bronx. The day began with the news that Giancarlo Stanton had injured his left calf, likely ending his season. Were that the only bad injury news of the day, the Yankees’ 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays would have just been a particularly annoying contest in which the Yankees stranded the tying run 90 feet away. Oh, well, I guess Toronto got an extra helping of magic dust in their morning protein.But it was not, in fact, the only bad injury news of the day. Ryan Weathers, who had been absolutely on fire in the second half, departed in the fourth inning with left forearm discomfort. We can only hope he avoids the worst-case scenario as the Bombers get ready for the season-series rubber match with the Jays tomorrow.Toronto set the tone with three singles in the first inning—the latter of which scored a run courtesy of George Springer. But Trent Grisham gave the Yankees a great opportunity to quickly equalize and finally end that pernicious streak of games without scoring in the first inning. Grisham walked to lead off the effort against Dylan Cease, stole second, then took third on a groundout to give his teammates two good cracks at driving him in. Unfortunately, Heliot Ramos and Luis García Jr. both struck out, and the streak of first-inning futility grew to 21 consecutive games.Then, the exact same thing happened in the second. Leadoff man Spencer Jones worked a walk, stole second without a throw, and took third on the first out. On cue, Jazz Chisholm Jr. hit a lazy pop to center and Austin Wells went down swinging. Hitting against Cease is obviously the furthest thing from easy—the next four innings and change would be further proof of that fact—but they should have gotten at least one one of those runners home from third. I’m sure it gave Cecil Fielder, who stopped by the YES booth in the second inning, more data points to complain about how hitting is somehow worse now, and we didn’t need that.The entertainment value only further degraded from there. The Yankees were listless in the third, and then the Blue Jays added to their lead with another long inning. Charles McAdoo’s RBI single made it 2-0, then while pitching to Myles Straw, Weathers tumbled awkwardly off the mound on a pitch, appearing to tweak something in the process. Wells summoned Aaron Boone and the trainer, who promptly removed Weathers from the game after a brief meeting. The prognosis which came an inning later was vague yet menacing: “left forearm discomfort.”Bad, bad, bad sign.View LinkWeathers had entered this game with six consecutive quality starts since the All-Star Break, with a