Yankees insider is already pondering serious decision regarding Ryan Weathers

Once the New York Yankees welcome Carlos Rodón and Gerrit Cole back from the IL, a couple of guys will be pushed out of the rotation. Max Fried and Cam Schlittler aren't going anywhere, obviously, as long as they're healthy. And from where we're sitting right now, Will Warren looks like a rotation fixture, as well.

This means Ryan Weathers is the odd man out and headed for the bullpen in the coming months. When Luis Gil returns from Triple-A, he'll presumably be in a similar situation to Weathers.

But are Weathers and Gil going to do anything to bolster the Yankees' 'pen, or will they just add to its question marks? Gil is out of the limelight for now, but Weathers has been making starts front and center, providing fans and analysts plenty to speculate on.

Ryan Weathers' outings haven't answered any questions about his true value to Yankees

NJ.com's Yankees insider Bob Klapisch wrote about Weathers on Sunday in a way that exemplified all of the questions surrounding the talented left-hander. Besides affirming that Weathers is 100 percent headed to the bullpen at some point, Klapisch wondered aloud, "Is he the little-noticed talent who Cashman considers a potential gold mine? Or a hard thrower with a blistering fastball … and not much else? ... Can Weathers be trusted in high-leverage situations?"

Yankees fans are all asking themselves the same questions. Weathers hasn't provided length in either of his first two starts, but his debut start against Seattle was an overall positive showing. He struck out seven in 4 1/3, allowing just two walks, four hits, and one earned run.

Weathers' second start against the Miami Marlins wasn't as promising. Lasting just 3 2/3, Weathers walked four and gave up six hits and three earned runs. Weathers throws too many pitches outside of the zone. Against Miami, he threw 88 pitches, 52 of them strikes. Naturally, inconsistent strike-throwing leads to high pitch counts. It's also a bad quality for a reliever to have, which doesn't bode well for Weathers' next assignment.

The stuff is there. It's always been there. Weathers' fastball is potent, and his sweeper, when under command, can function as a strikeout pitch. The mindset seems to be there, too. Weathers said all the right things in his postgame presser after the Miami outing. He made zero excuses and basically admitted that he got ahead in counts but couldn't put guys away.

Those remarks reveal a pitcher who is pursuing the right things, but isn't quite capable of consistent execution yet. Of course, Aaron Boone and the Yankees are hoping that execution is around the corner and will arrive over the course of the current season.

So far, Weathers hasn't done anything to assuage fans who were concerned about his inconsistent spring, nor has he validated the Yankees' decision to trade for him. We know that Weathers was a hot commodity, and we see why (the potential!), but for a Yankees team eyeing a championship this season, he's still not good enough.