Weaver made his first Cactus League appearance in a San Diego uniform Monday. He tossed two innings of one-run ball while allowing four hits and striking out one in a win over the White Sox.

EDGE Analysis

The Padres brought Weaver in to shore up a poor rotation. The move to pitcher-friendly Petco Park improves his prospects slightly, but the soft-tossing righty doesn't have enough velocity (84.0 mph average fastball velocity in 2016) to generate enough strikeouts (5.2 K/9 in 2016). At this point of his career, Weaver relies on keeping opposing hitters off-balance by relying on his off-speed pitches (66.8 percent) more than his diminishing fastball (33.2 percent). He has the moxie to churn out some quality starts this year, but outside of the deepest formats, he is simply too risky to be relied upon outside of spot starts.