Weaver, 31, moved into the bullpen full-time last year and has been New York's best reliever the last two seasons. He replaced Clay Holmes as the closer late last year and into the postseason, and replaced the struggling Devin Williams as closer last month. Weaver has a 1.05 ERA and 0.70 WHIP in 25 2/3 innings this year. He's struck out 24 batters.

Luke Weaver, who felt discomfort in his hamstring while warming up to enter Sunday’s game at Dodger Stadium, is headed to the injured list, Jeff Passan of ESPN reports. The severity of Weaver’s hamstring injury hasn’t been revealed yet, but according to Passan, Weaver could miss four-to-six weeks.

New York Yankees closer Luke Weaver is expected to miss at least four weeks with a hamstring injury, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan on Monday.

Ryan Yarbrough limited baseball’s best offense to four hits over six innings, Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking two-run homer and the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3 to avoid getting swept for the first time this season.

On Sunday, the soft-tossing, side-arming Yarbrough was the Yankees’ best weapon against Shohei Ohtani and the defending world champs at Dodger Stadium. Using his array of cutters, sinkers, changeups and sweepers,