Right-hander Ryan Weiss agrees to 1-year contract with San Diego Padres

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FILE - Houston Astros pitcher Ryan Weiss delivers in the first inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians in Cleveland, April 21, 2026. (AP Photo/David Richard, File)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Right-hander Ryan Weiss became the first of the 183 major league free agents with an announced agreement, a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres.

San Diego said Tuesday the deal includes a team option for 2028.

The 29-year-old Weiss made his major league debut on March 27 and went 0-3 with a 7.62 ERA in two starts and seven relief appearances for the Houston Astros last season. He was optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on May 5, assigned outright to the Space Cowboys on June 17 and became a major league free agent after the World Series.

Weiss was 5-5 with a 5.42 ERA in 13 starts and nine relief appearances at Triple-A but had a 1.37 ERA over his last four games and 19 2/3 innings.

He signed a $2.6 million, one-year contract with the Astros last Dec. 9 after spending part of 2024 and all of 2025 with the Hanwha Eagles in South Korea.

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