Jered Weaver dropped below 200 pounds last season, which is crazy for someone 6-foot-7, so the Angels right-hander committed himself to putting on weight this offseason and now weighs 224 pounds.
Weaver told Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com that this is the first time in his life he’s ever weighed more than 218 pounds, saying: “I don’t know if my metabolism is slowing down from getting older or what, but I feel good.”
For most people weighing the most they’ve ever weighed at age 32 is not a positive thing, so I’m hesitant to throw this one into the Best Shape Of His Life pile just yet, but in Weaver’s case he added the weight in an effort to get stronger and “get deeper in games.”
He logged 214 innings in 34 starts last season, which is a fairly standard per-start rate for a good pitcher and right in line with Weaver’s career norms. He also posted a 3.59 ERA, which was his worst since 2009 and, when adjusted for the lower levels of offense across MLB, rates as the worst mark of his career.
