The Mets are in agreement with free agent closer Devin Williams on a three-year contract, reports Will Sammon of The Athletic.
The Mets are in agreement with free agent closer Devin Williams on a three-year contract, reports Will Sammon of The Athletic.
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If this means they’re moving on from Diaz I hate it. If this is in addition to Edwin Diaz I’m fine with it. Feel like a lot to give a guy coming off a lousy year.
Stearns is fucking high
Can we just give Diaz a 5 year deal already
Wow this is shocking. But I like it to be honest.
Soooooooo about Diaz…
Praying this is a setup role. Still better than signing Helsley.
Williams 8th and Diaz 9th would be pretty sick
Diaz better be coming back. Cmon.
Well the Mets (Alonso) killed him (and Uecker). Let’s see if we can’t resuscitate him. Dont love 3 years though.
Awesome deal if he’s the setup man.
If this is as a set up man, I’m delighted. If this is as Diaz replacement, I am very very very sad.
Just signed DW for 3 years 50 million
Edwin’s last 3 years was at a total of 65 million and he optioned out of 3 yrs/57 million
Devin is our new closer apparently, we’re not paying that much for a setup guy.
He cost the Yankees the division. But I have a feeling he will be solid next year
Goodbye Edwin
Edwin just had to opt out ughhhhhh
I hope Stearns is building a monster pen and this isn’t the premier arm, although I think he was better than his stats last year.
Why is everyone assuming this move is to replace Diaz?? My thinking is you bring him in to hopefully be what Ryan Helsley was SUPPOSED to be but failed miserably at. Lockdown 8th inning guy. Still a big if of course and still need to lock up Diaz.
Conflict of interest, biased signing by Stearns. At least Williams can throw BP to Alonso.
Better pitching park, worse division and he was much better the last 2 months of the season.
His last 19 regular season outings
18 ip, 10 h, 34k, 6 bb, 2.5 era, .36 fip. Then 4 scoreless outings in the post season.
He’s an obvious bounce back candidate and this is a great signing with the deferrals. Hopefully he’s a set up guy though.
I like the signing if he is here to setup and close now and then. Hopefully the new pitching coach is able to bring him back to that dominant reliever.
Just gonna copy paste from the other thread
With Diaz being likely the highest paid of the closers I wouldn’t be surprised if he is the last to sign. This means if we wait to sign Diaz and then end up not getting him we would be screwed. Sign Williams now and then go for Diaz but if someone offers him a stupid overpay we aren’t forced to match it or have no closer. Ideal world we end up with both. Best case we at least have a closer.
Relievers are too volatile to throw this kind of money at in free agency.
Great organizations build the foundation of a great bullpen from within and supplement it in free agency.
There is no universe in which throwing nearly $200 mil at Devin Williams and Edwin Diaz leads to success for this team. Its dumb, dumb, dumb roster management. The bullpen was NOT the problem in 2025. The starting pitching completely disintegrated because Stearns threw money at reclamation projects instead of real talent.
I think the Diaz-Williams combo was
Floated a few weeks ago. Phase 1 complete.
The real question is:
Do we believe Williams will be good enough at the admittedly better dollar value to make up for the emotional connection to Edwin Diaz?
Been a weird offseason so far
mendoza, soto, williams, we’re just taking all the yankees
never mind dodgers east, we’re yankees south