Surprise! The Yankees trade for closer Devin Williams from the Brewers!

The New York Yankees pulled off a trade on Friday afternoon just before Locked On Yankees went live, so this was a live reaction to the news, plus it was Fanmail Friday.

Williams comes to the Yankees with good numbers and fills a need for the bullpen.

Then Brian and Stacey answer your questions for Fanmail Friday, and Brian has a bone to pick with Juan Soto.

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25 comments

  1. fan mail friday question- so with judge being in his 30's how soon do you think the yanks should transition him to 1st base than eventually full time dh..considering his foot injury and his size a foot injury can become a nagging one. my opinion I think he should be starting now off season/spring training he should be working on being a first baseman and definitely should start some games at 1st during spring training…your guys thoughts ?

  2. why doesn't oswaldo cabrera get any love/consideration for the starting line-up? Solid, great clubhouse guy, rarely has bad at bats, above average fielder

  8. You’re right on with Fried. It was likely the Yankees were going to sign Fried even if they won the Soto auction. They had to do quite a bit even if they had Soto coming back. They knew strengthening the defense and filling holes whether Soto was coming or going had to be done.

  9. David Samson, former GM had an episode where he explained how the security and suite issue were non-issues in negotiations during free agency. I don’t know that Soto complained about any of the issues brought up aside from $.

  13. Mike Trout would absolutely get a fair well tour if he retired. I’ve never met or heard a single baseball fan that doesn’t like Trout. His injuries would just make it a sad “what if” fair well 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

  22. I think all we are going to see now are a couple surprise trades and then the usual dumpster diving to stock up on pitchers. So NYY either solve stuff in-house or it won't happen. A lot of clubs would take Cortes. Makes a lot of starts, throws a lot of innings, and keeps the ERA under 4. Pitchers like that are thin on the ground.

    If they trade away Stroman, too, with Cortes and Stroman gone, they would be giving up well over 300 IP. That's a potential problem when you consider that Cole, Rodon and Fried are your guys.

  23. A terrible take from Brian – I guarantee Weaver isn't closing to begin the season – GUARANTEED (I haven't read all the comments but I'm sure this has been stated multiple times) 💯💯💯💰

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