Yankees Urged To Cut Ties With Struggling $8.6M All-Star Before Postseason
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The New York Yankees have struggled lately, and a lot of the blame has been placed on manager Aaron Boone and reliever Devin Williams.
Williams has lost games for the Yankees, but Boone continues to trust him. With the postseason quickly approaching, the Yankees have some big decisions to make.
Adam Weinrib of Yanks Go Yard recently urged the Yankees to place Williams on waivers ahead of the postseason.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - APRIL 09: Devin Williams #38 of the New York Yankees delivers a pitch against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on April 09, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - APRIL 09: Devin Williams #38 of the New York Yankees delivers a pitch against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on April 09, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan."The Yankees, for very good reason, would rather not embolden Williams' confidence and send him somewhere he can eventually bite them," Weinrib wrote. "They're also hanging onto a playoff spot for dear life, and it's really hard to consider postseason roster implications right now.
"But ... who would you rather want taking October reps? Yerry de los Santos, or Devin Williams? A head-to-head with Loáisiga is probably a faceoff that Williams wins, but de los Santos, the Yankees' expert long man? Not so sure. Crazy, but not so sure. The waiver wire could get very spicy around the start of next month."
Cutting ties with Williams would be ludicrous for the Yankees.
He's struggled this year. It's by far the worst season of his career. He shouldn't be the closer in New York. All of these are correct.
But Williams would be the best eighth-inning man in any bullpen in baseball. There's a reason that if the Yankees were to place him on waivers, nearly every contending team would try to scoop him up.
If the Yankees don't want to use him as the closer, that makes sense, but he needs to be a piece of the bullpen if the team wants to win the World Series. He could provide a lot of use in the sixth or seventh inning of postseason games.
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