{"id":110342,"date":"2025-12-05T19:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=110342"},"modified":"2025-12-05T19:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T00:23:09","slug":"mets-introduce-devin-williams-spoke-to-interested-teams-about-closer-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/12\/05\/mets-introduce-devin-williams-spoke-to-interested-teams-about-closer-role\/","title":{"rendered":"In Mets Intro, Williams Says He Spoke to Interested Teams About Closer Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the New York Mets made their first major move this offseason this week, inking two-time reliever of the year Devin Williams<\/a> to a three-year, $51 million contract<\/a>, the team officially introduced Williams in a video call on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Sep 12, 2025; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; New York Yankees relief pitcher Devin Williams (38) delivers a pitch during the eighth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mets Introduce Latest Signing Devin Williams<\/h2>\n

Williams hoped that wherever he signed, he would take the ball in the ninth inning. In his introduction, he said, “Every team I talked to was for the closer’s role.”<\/p>\n

It makes sense, given he was an elite closer for the Milwaukee Brewers from 2022 to 2024. Yet last year with the New York Yankees, the former All-Star pitched so poorly that the team demoted him to middle relief. Williams attributed his struggles<\/a> to various factors, saying, “some mechanical, some pitch selection type stuff.”<\/p>\n

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The Mets officially welcome Devin Williams to Queens in an introductory news conference https:\/\/t.co\/fB7XjgbanL<\/a><\/p>\n

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