{"id":78210,"date":"2025-07-11T07:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=78210"},"modified":"2025-07-11T07:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:26:56","slug":"yankees-trade-proposal-grabs-devin-williams-replacement-in-form-of-1-52-era-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=78210","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Trade Proposal Grabs Devin Williams Replacement in Form of 1.52 ERA Closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2217534209-e1752174512428.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2217534209-e1752174512428.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2217534209-e1752174512428.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2217534209-e1752174512428.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees Trade Proposal Grabs Devin Williams Replacement in Form of 1.52 ERA Closer\" width=\"780\" height=\"441\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Devin Williams throws against the Colorado Rockies in the eighth inning at Coors Field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pitching is always a priority for contending teams around Major League Baseball, and the expectation is for the New York Yankees to be focused on that at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>It remains uncertain just how big the Yankees plan to go, but given this organization has a real opportunity to win a World Series, there isn\u2019t much of a reason not to go all in. Frankly, the last thing the Yankees want to do is look back and wish that they could\u2019ve done more. Now, that doesn\u2019t necessarily mean the Yankees will do everything in their power to win a World Series or trade all of their prospects, as that isn\u2019t wise, either, but there\u2019s reason to believe they could find themselves in a great position if they make the correct moves.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Addressing a Pressing Need<\/h2>\n<p>When recently searching for what the New York Yankees might do at the trade deadline, The Athletic proposed a very interesting trade scenario. They noted that Jhoan Duran of the Minnesota Twins could be available, and named the Yankees as one of the best fits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuran has three dominant pitches and the unhittable results to match, pairing a triple-digit fastball with two swing-and-miss breaking balls for a 2.40 ERA in four MLB seasons. Minnesota\u2019s closer for the past three years, Duran often overpowers hitters and has gone over 70 innings without allowing a homer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuran is one of the league\u2019s best relievers, still cheap and under team control through 2027, so the Twins will likely ask for the moon and might be able to get it somewhere. He has the ability to transform an entire bullpen and ranks second to Devin Williams in reliever Win Probability Added since 2022,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Duran has continued to throw the baseball at a very high level over the past few years, arguably one of the better closers in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>For the Yankees, they\u2019d be guaranteeing themselves outs if Luke Weaver, Devin Williams, and Duran continue to do what they\u2019ve done for much of their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 2025 campaign, the right-hander has posted a 1.56 ERA and has struck out 45 hitters in 40.1 innings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Fixing the Bullpen<\/h2>\n<p>According to the New York Post, the New York Yankees will be focused on adding a reliever at the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>However, The Post didn\u2019t specifically note who they might add, as it still remains uncertain who could be available. As they mentioned, the Yankees have done what they\u2019ve needed to do in recent years regarding bullpen help. If that trend continues, perhaps someone like Duran could be on their way to New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCashman usually attempts to upgrade in relief at the deadline \u2014 Mark Leiter Jr. was the most significant reliever he acquired last year, which followed a trend that saw Keynan Middleton (2023), Scott Effross and Lou Trivino (2022) and Clay Holmes and Joely Rodr\u00edguez (2021) imported \u2014 and generally those prior Yankees bullpens were in better shape than this one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince their skid began on June 14, the Yankees statistically have had the fifth-least valuable bullpen in the majors, according to FanGraphs, and have tallied a sixth-worst 5.19 ERA. Devin Williams has settled and Tim Hill has remained strong, but Luke Weaver, Jonathan Lo\u00e1isiga, Leiter and Ian Hamilton have been leaned on heavily and not been sharp. The loss of Fernando Cruz (oblique) and the loss of a potential reinforcement in Jake Cousins (Tommy John surgery) have hurt,\u201d they wrote .<\/p>\n<p>Jon Conahan covers the NBA and NFL for Heavy.com. Since 2019, his sports coverage has appeared at Sports Illustrated, oddschecker, ClutchPoints and Sportskeeda. More about Jon Conahan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York Yankees trade idea replaces struggling closer Devin Williams for an arm with a 1.52 ERA so far this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":78214,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees Trade Proposal Grabs Devin Williams Replacement in Form of 1.52 ERA Closer - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=78210\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees Trade Proposal Grabs Devin Williams Replacement in Form of 1.52 ERA Closer - 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