{"id":54313,"date":"2025-06-08T04:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T04:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54313"},"modified":"2025-06-08T04:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T04:12:37","slug":"mlb-insider-lists-yankees-interim-closer-as-potential-trade-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=54313","title":{"rendered":"MLB Insider Lists Yankees Interim Closer as Potential Trade Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the New York Yankees made a deal to acquire former Milwaukee Brewers closer Devin Williams, many expected him to thrive with his new team. The duo of Williams and Luke Weaver in the backend of New York&#8217;s bullpen had the potential to be one of the best in the game, but it has not quite gone that way.<\/p>\n<p>Williams has a 6.35 ERA and minus-0.6 WAR across 26 games and 22 2\/3 innings pitched. His first season in a Yankees uniform has not gone how he envisioned it would and that may be why Mark Feinsand of\u00a0MLB.com listed Williams as a player that needs a change of scenery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.webp?w=790&amp;f=a670686823d8361513a39fe3aeea278d 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.jpg?w=790&amp;f=a670686823d8361513a39fe3aeea278d 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.webp?w=900&amp;f=8f715c73e79f7f866303897aaa56472d 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.jpg?w=900&amp;f=8f715c73e79f7f866303897aaa56472d 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.webp?w=790&amp;f=a670686823d8361513a39fe3aeea278d 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.jpg?w=790&amp;f=a670686823d8361513a39fe3aeea278d 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.webp?w=450&amp;f=b7bf5171ef2758b51c628ff91334a760 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.jpg?w=450&amp;f=b7bf5171ef2758b51c628ff91334a760 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.webp?w=1200&amp;f=ebc49bbc472fa41a330d2d669ac4c718\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2658763\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2658763\/new-york-yankees-closer-devin-williams.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=ebc49bbc472fa41a330d2d669ac4c718\" alt=\"New York Yankees closer Devin Williams\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; JUNE 03: Devin Williams #38 of the New York Yankees throws a pitch during the ninth inning of the game against the Cleveland Guardians at Yankee Stadium on June 03,&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;At first glance, trading the two-time All-Star reliever after\u00a0acquiring him this winter\u00a0seems like a crazy idea, but Williams has never seemed comfortable since joining the Yankees during the offseason,&#8221; Feinsand wrote. &#8220;There was the\u00a0facial hair issue\u00a0during spring training, then a rocky start (10.00 ERA in his first 10 appearances) that\u00a0cost him the closer&#8217;s job\u00a0before the end of April.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Feinsand predicts that when New York&#8217;s current closer Luke Weaver returns from the injured list, Williams&#8217; days in a Yankees uniform could be numbered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s been better during the past month (2.45 ERA in 12 appearances), but Williams will be a free agent after the season and seems unlikely to return to the Yankees in 2026,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;With Luke Weaver firmly entrenched as the closer (at least once he returns\u00a0from the IL\u00a0in a month or so), New York could look to move Williams later in July to get a return for him rather than watching him walk as a free agent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If New York decides to move off Williams when Weaver returns, teams such as the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals could use\u00a0relief pitching help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the New York Yankees made a deal to acquire former Milwaukee Brewers closer Devin Williams, many expected him to thrive with his new team. 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