MLB insider reveals that some in the Yankees organization ‘relieved’ to see Devin Williams depart originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Devin Williams departed the New York Yankees for the New York Mets this offseason, and it seems like not too many people in the Yankees’ brass were upset about it.
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According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, some of those within the Yankees were “relieved” to see Williams depart for the Mets. Williams landed in the Bronx last offseason in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers, and didn’t have quite the season he had hoped for.
In 2025, Williams was 4-6 while sporting a 4.79 ERA with 18 saves, a far fall from his usual All-Star level production. He was taken in and out the closer’s role multiple times, and was never put back in that spot again after the team acquired David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Williams was able to re-discover some of his old magic later in the season as a setup man, but by then the damage had already been done, and it was clear that Williams and the Yankees were not a match.
Williams will now join a Mets team that has just lost Edwin Diaz to the Dodgers, so it’s very possible that he is closing games in New York once again. He’ll look to bounce back after a disastrous time with the Yankees.
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