It can only get better for LI's Greg Weissert after rough debut

Yankees pitcher Greg Weissert warms up before his team's game against the Athletics in Oakland, Calif., on Friday. Credit: AP/Jeff Chiu
OAKLAND, Calif. — Greg Weissert laughed because, really, what else could he do?
“I mean, it wasn’t an ideal start to my career up here,” the righthander said Friday afternoon.
Weissert, a native of Bay Shore who was chosen in the 18th round of the 2016 draft out of Fordham University by the Yankees, made his big-league debut in Thursday night’s 13-4 victory over the A’s at Oakland Coliseum.
With a total of 10 guests — including his parents, siblings and wife — in attendance watching the moment, Weissert hit the first two batters he faced in the seventh, with a balk in between. Then, after recording an out on a fly ball, he walked two batters, departing with the bases loaded to end the nightmare outing.
“I think I recognized I was a little nervous out there after the fact,” Weissert said. “So I went back [to the hotel] and just said, what’s done is done and we can only move forward from here.”
Weissert, 27, armed with a slider rival scouts have mostly raved about the last couple of seasons, has skyrocketed through the Yankees’ system. This season for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the righthander pushed himself into consideration for promotion to the Yankees by posting a 1.76 ERA and 0.89 WHIP in 40 appearances, striking out 67 and walking 19 in 46 innings.
Those numbers, and what they represent, make Weissert “anxious” to get back on the mound.
“I want to get back out there as soon as possible,” said Weissert, who heard encouraging words from a slew of his new teammates on the bench in the dugout after he was removed Thursday. “I want a little bit of redemption to be able to showcase my ability and what I can do.”