Growing Everything But The Payroll: The Official 2025 New York Yankees Season Thread
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Mantle Drunk
All Star
I hate Devin Williams more than I’ve hated any relief pitcher before. Guys results and visually his pitches are embarrassing
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
This is not on Boone. If Weaver closes, the entire pen is compromised and Williams might as well be off the team. They have to try to get him right. If it only takes a month for a top 2 closer to lose it completely (Clase fukking up too), then what are we gonna do when weaver struggles?
He needs 2 weeks in Tampa away from everybody right now.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
He was supposed to be one of the best closers in the game so you can’t bail on him after 1-2 weeks, but it’s over a month now and he’s only getting worse. He came into this game with a 2.33 WHIP and allowed 3 more baserunners and 3 more runs without getting an out. His ERA is north of 11 now. You can’t justify putting the guy into anything beyond mop up duty in the 9th where it’s at least a 7-8 run margin at this point. He can’t find the zone, can’t miss anyone’s bats, and looks broken mentally. You can’t keep this guy as the closer any more than you could’ve kept Chapman as the closer by mid 2022. If he quits on the team as a result or that means the end of his tenure here, then good riddance. Right now he’s the single worst pitcher in baseball. You can’t trust him to close games going forward.
Tres Leches
Empire Business
why is he still pitching in the 9th ? fukking boone lost 2 games with this already 
Ron Mexico
Superstar
You let him try to figure it out in some low leverage situations until he shows he's deserving of closing again.
Continuing to put him out there in the 9th isn't doing Williams or the team any favors.
Mantis Toboggan M.D.
Drink wolf cola
*thinks about Aaron hicks still playing in 2023, Verdugo starting all last year, and Holmes as the closer all the way into September last yearI think this move is above Boone’s pay grade tbh, he’s gonna take all the hits but if Cashman still wants Devin to be the closer, he’s gonna be the closer
And we all know how stubborn Cashman is
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tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
If you put him in a game up 8, he might give up 9.
If you put him in a game down 8. He might give up 9.
The concerning thing is that tonight might have been the first game he botched that would be considered a high leverage situation. All his other crap outings were games where he screwed up low leverage situations. Thats why he needs time away to figure it out mentally (because this isn’t anything health related). This isn’t like say DJ who’s washed or Stroman who was always inconsistent. This is historical. The best thing they can do is see if he gets his mind right because the consequences of him figuring it out elsewhere will cost us.
PIFF101
Bring back the Golden Era
Devin lost it again 
Those Weaver chants
Those Weaver chants
AnonymityX1000
Veteran
Yeah, this and the Brewers being willing to trade him should have been a red flag. The Brewers being willing to trade the best closer in the game for Nestor Cortez and a throwaway prospect should have been fishy to Cashman but he did it anyway. lol
AJtheOne
Nets/Giants/Yankees
Devin lost it again
Dude looks like he wants to cry.
Bro need to get his shyt together.
I don’t know who I hate to watch Pitch more, him or Stroman
tremonthustler1
aka bx_representer
well they've done this before with Hader.
AnonymityX1000
Veteran
And in a similar fashion they traded Hader when they realized his best days were behind him. He's had 1 good year since leaving the Brew Crew.