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Weiss had his $5 million club option declined by the Astros at the end of October, and he didn’t take long to find a new club. The right-hander was atrocious in 2026 with a 7.62 ERA and 30/20 K/BB ratio over 26 innings before being designated for assignment. He’ll likely be handed a middle-inning role to begin 2027, but it’s worth noting that Bass does have an option left so he’s not a lock to make San Diego out of spring training.

The 29-year-old hurler was removed from the Astros’ 40-man roster back in June after posting a miserable 7.62 ERA and a 30/20 K/BB ratio over 26 innings in his nine appearances, so declining his option seemed like a foregone conclusion. Weiss is now free to explore the open market.

Weiss was removed from Houston’s 40-man roster last week and passed through waivers unclaimed. The 29-year-old swingman struggled mightily in his stateside return, forging a disastrous 7.62 ERA and 30/20 K/BB ratio across 26 innings over nine appearances before being shipped to the minors back in early May.

Weiss had already been sent down in May after a rough major-league debut, and with a 8.41 ERA in five starts for Triple-A Sugar Land, the Astros are probably safe in believing there’s no interest in him on waivers.

Weiss heads back to the minors after giving up seven runs over 4 1/3 innings in relief against the Dodgers on Monday night. The 29-year-old swingman holds a bloated 7.62 ERA and 30/20 K/BB ratio across 26 innings over nine appearances this season in his Astros debut.

Weiss followed opener Steven Okert — who threw 2/3 of an inning and gave up a run — and unsurprisingly, it didn’t go particularly well. The 29-year-old gave up two solo homers, walked four and allowed eight hits to make his five strikeouts essentially meaningless. Weiss may get a chance to work as a bulk pitcher again, but fantasy managers should look pretty much anywhere else.

Weiss rejoins the Astros’ bullpen after welcoming a new addition to his family. The 29-year-old hurler has really struggled in his first eight appearances (two starts) for the Astros, posting a 6.65 ERA, 1.99 WHIP and a 25/16 K/BB ratio over 21 2/3 innings.

Congrats to Ryan and his growing family. After a strong spring training, Weiss has struggled in his first season back in MLB, posting a 6.65 ERA in 21 2/3 innings across eight appearances (two starts). He should be back by the end of this weekend’s series.

That was close to the best-case scenario, considering that Weiss gave up five hits and walked four of the 19 batters he faced. Weiss hasn’t made it out of the fourth in either of his starts. He has a 6.50 ERA and a 22/14 K/BB in 18 innings overall. The Astros have Thursday and Monday off, so Weiss probably won’t start again in the near future.

Weiss, filling in for Tatsuya Imai, walked four and gave up a home run to Hunter Goodman. He was making his first start after throwing 11 innings with a 7.36 ERA in five relief appearances. It’s possible he’ll get another start next week, but middle relief seems like the better role for him.

Weiss has pitched reasonably well with the exception of a disastrous relief outing at Coors Field earlier this month. The 29-year-old is too risky to trust in shallow mixed leagues, but he might be a decent streaming option in extremely deep formats since he’ll get the Rockies at Daikin Park. He’s unlikely to work more than a couple innings since he threw 64 in his last relief appearance.

Weiss struck out one batter on the night. The 29-year-old right-hander got four swings and misses on 53 pitches on the night, posting a CSW of 23 percent. He has been nothing short of brilliant this spring, compiling a 0.93 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and a 7/4 K/BB ratio over 9 2/3 innings of work. He has probably earned the right to open up in the Astros’ rotation if they go with a six-man alignment.

Weiss came in to begin the sixth, so he was facing the backups to the mostly backups the Cardinals brought with them in their road split-squad game. Still, striking out six of 12 batters is pretty nice regardless of the competition. With the Astros likely to open up in a six-man rotation, there’s probably going to be room for one of Weiss, Peter Lambert and Spencer Arrighetti initially.

This finalizes a deal agreed to a week ago. Weiss topped out in Triple-A with the Diamondbacks and Royals before pitching in Taiwan in 2023 and Korea the last two season. 2025 was his breakthrough campaign, as he went 16-5 with a 2.87 ERA and a 207/56 K/BB in 178 2/3 innings for Hanwha. The Astros will have the 28-year-old contend for a rotation spot in spring training.

ESPN’s Jesse Rogers adds that Weiss is guaranteed $2.6 million and could earn more than $10 million over two years as part of a multi-year deal that includes a club option for 2027. Weiss fortifies Houston’s starting pitching depth behind ace Hunter Brown after spending the last two years in Korea with the Hanwha Eagles where he posted a 3.16 ERA, 1.07 WHIP and 305/85 K/BB ratio across 270 1/3 innings over 46 starts. The soon-to-be 29-year-old righty has yet to pitch in the majors but pitched at the Triple-A level in the Royals and Diamondbacks systems before heading overseas. He represents a relatively low-risk gamble for the Astros as they attempt to rebuild their rotation this offseason.