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Aaron Boone lets the door open for Yankees closer when Devin Williams fights

The rain gave the Yankees an additional day to have their Devin Williams dilemma marinated.

But one day after Williams in the ninth inning a rescue recording with his fights, which continue to assemble, manager Aaron Boone continued to leave the door open to change the role of the closer only one month of the season.

“We will still talk about it,” said Boone on Saturday morning after the game against the Blue Jays was postponed by the risk of bad weather when Williams was still closer. “I haven’t seen Devin yet.

“We will try to do the best for the team and devin. If we know that, we’ll go on the street and still expect great things.”

The New York Yankees Manager Aaron Boone (17) takes the ball from relief Pitcher Devin Williams (38) during a pitching change during the ninth inn against the Toronto Blue Jays in the Yankee Stadium. Brad Penner-IMagn pictures

In order to get there, it would not be surprising if the Yankees Williams let his next trips to the spots work with a lower lever to bring his command and self -confidence on the right track. Because both seemed to be missed on Friday evening when he gave up three runs to make a 2-1 lead of the ninth inning a 4-2 loss.

Williams’ era grew to 11.25 (10 deserved runs in eight Innerings) in his first 10 appearances as a Yankee.

Since the fan base after Luke Weaver he replaced it-“We want Weaver” sting, before Williams was booed by the hill in the stadium-and the two-time all-star was lost on Friday after the game against answers and simply said: “Nothing works right now.”

Boone spoke about the question of whether he had obtained self -confidence about Williams.

The Devin Williams of New York Yankees represents a baseball game against Toronto Blue Jays Friday, April 25, 2025, during the ninth inn. AP

“I start with the baseline of, he has all the equipment to be great,” said Boone. “So this is a good starting point. This is not a guy that goes beyond his flowering period.

“If you have this baseline, there is always a way out and there is always a way to get there. So we will continue to bend and try to help him unlock it. I have the feeling that as soon as he plays into the role.”

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There is recent priority on how the Yankees could handle it. It happened at the end of last year when Clay Holmes had to struggle. Boone said for the first time that the Yankees would be “creative” to make games before Weaver got the first chance and got into the playoffs.



With this experience and a sharp start to these season-13 Innerings without a goal, the obvious replacement for Williams, even if the Yankees want to describe it as a short-term solution. Fernando Cruz and Mark Head Jr. also recorded parades in the first month of this season.

“Look, I just got a lot of self -confidence in many people down there, you will surely go to the top of this list,” said Boone. “We will work through and work through and do what is best for the club.”

The New York Yankees Manager Aaron Boone (17) goes on the field during a pitching change in the sixth inning against the Cleveland Guardians on the field. David Richard-Mimagn pictures

What would ultimately be best for the Yankees is if Williams are able to rediscover the shape that enabled him to increase an ERA of 1.70 ERA (42 deserved runs in 222 Innerings) with the brewer with 361 strikes from 2020 to 24 years. He did this with a change that was so unhindered that it deserved the nickname “The Airbender”, but this year it was much less superhuman. The opponents beat 6-against-22 (.273) and in only 22 percent of the cases to the HUB-von 48.8 percent in 2024, 43.2 in 2023, 43.9 in 2022, 47.2 in 2021 and 61.1 in 2020.

This lack of swing-and-miss recently prompted Williams whether he had thrown the change too much. On Friday he only threw it for four of his twelve parking spaces, but he had problems locating his fastball and threw a change to the middle in the middle when Alejandro Kirk had beaten two runes for the double.

“He was one of the dominant conclusions in the league,” said Boone when he was asked about the case to keep Williams closer. “I know that the results were not yet great. Many things are still there, the profile of the change is still there. Obviously, Hitter are successful (against). He is not curved and missed. He was a little back in the count.

“As soon as he starts to look around and maintain a count, I expect him to be closer to the dominant who has been to him again.”

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