Padres add right-hander Ryan Weiss on 1-year contract, with club option for 2028

The San Diego Padres signed right-handed pitcher Ryan Weiss to a one-year contract, with a club option for the 2028 season, President of Baseball Operations and General Manager A.J. Preller announced on Tuesday.

Weiss, 29, spent the 2026 season in the Houston Astros organization, moving between the major league club and Triple-A Sugar Land. The organization’s assignment produced a late-season stretch with Triple-A Sugar Land in September, where he posted a 1.37 ERA over his final 19.2 innings and struck out 24 batters while walking five across four games.

In his most recent appearance of the season on Sept. 18 against Las Vegas, Weiss worked 8.1 shutout innings, finishing with a career-high 98 pitches, including 71 for strikes, according to the Padres’ announcement.

Weiss has appeared in parts of six minor league seasons totaling 154 games, carrying a 22-19 record with a 4.99 ERA (216 earned runs in 389.2 innings) and a 1.45 WHIP, with 366 strikeouts against 144 walks.

His major league debut came in 2026, when he made Opening Day and debuted on March 27 against the Los Angeles Angels, throwing 1.0 inning that included two strikeouts. Through nine outings (two starts) in Houston, Weiss recorded a 7.62 ERA over 26.0 innings.

Before his 2026 time in Houston, Weiss was originally drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the fourth round of the 2018 MLB First-Year Player Draft, then played in multiple organizations and professional leagues including time in the KBO League with the Hanwha Eagles. In 46 KBO starts, he has a 3.16 ERA with a 1.07 WHIP, and the announcement points to a 2025 season where he posted a 2.87 ERA in 30 starts and finished with 207 strikeouts.