Devin Williams is making the transfer to the Mets subsequent season. Al Bello / Getty Photographs
After agreeing to a three-year, $51 million deal to maneuver crosstown and be part of the New York Mets on Monday night time, reliever Devin Williams had a robust message for New York Yankees followers.
“For a bunch of those who didn’t need me again in your staff, yall are certain mad within the DM’s,” Williams wrote Wednesday in a publish on his Instagram story.
Williams had a turbulent 2025 marketing campaign within the Bronx after being acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in an offseason commerce. It’s no secret that his relationship with Yankees followers wasn’t nice from the beginning. Starting the season as New York’s nearer, Williams had an ERA of 9.00 in April. He was repeatedly booed by Yankees followers early within the season, and supervisor Aaron Boone finally demoted him from the nearer function.
Earlier than that demotion, Williams performed a task in altering the Yankees’ longstanding facial hair coverage, which had bothered some followers.
Regardless of the struggles early on within the season, Williams did have a robust closing push. He completed 2025 with a 13-inning scoreless streak, which included 4 scoreless innings within the playoffs. In sport 2 of the ALDS towards the Blue Jays, Yankees followers even gave Williams a standing ovation to acknowledge his efficiency.
“It’s good to really feel appreciated generally,” Williams mentioned after the sport. “It was undoubtedly higher than what I’ve had for a lot of the yr.”
Williams completed the season with a career-worst 4.79 ERA, however nonetheless ranked within the 99th percentile in whiff charge thanks largely to his formidable changeup.
With the Mets, Williams will look to bolster a bullpen that completed fifteenth in ERA and could also be going through the departure of star nearer Edwin Diaz in free company.
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