Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Greg Weissert was born February 4, 1995, in Bay Shore, New York. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

The New York Yankees selected Weissert in the 18th round of the 2016 MLB Draft. After signing with the team he was assigned to the Pulaski Yankees before earning a promotion to the Class A Charleston RiverDogs. Weissert spent the 2017 season with the Class A Short Season Staten Island Yankees. He returned to Charleston for the beginning of the 2018 season before earning a promotion to the Tampa Tarpons of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League after striking out 50 batters with a 2.62 ERA over 34+1⁄3 innings. Weissert started the 2019 season with the Tarpons and was promoted to the Double-A Trenton Thunder, where we posted a 1.88 ERA over 14 relief appearances and was eventually promoted to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders for the team's postseason. Baseball America rated Weissert as having the best slider in the Yankees' minor league system going into the 2021 season. After starting the year with the Yankees' new Double-A affiliate, the Somerset Patriots, Weissert was promoted to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after posting a 0.71 ERA in 12+2⁄3 innings pitched over 12 appearances. In 2022, Weissert served as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre's closer.

On August 25, 2022, the Yankees selected his contract from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.