Free Agent Devin Williams Draws Interest from 12 MLB Teams

Free agent reliever Devin Williams, a two-time All-Star who struggled through a down season with the New York Yankees in 2025, has drawn early interest from roughly a dozen teams, including the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds, as the offseason market gets underway.

Williams, 31, established himself as one of Major League Baseball's premier closers during his six seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, where he posted a 1.83 earned run average and earned National League Reliever of the Year honors in 2022 and 2023. He struck out 39.5 percent of batters faced from 2022 to 2024, trailing only Edwin Díaz and Félix Bautista among relievers with at least 100 innings in that span. His signature changeup-screwball generated elite movement and swing-and-miss rates, contributing to three consecutive sub-2.00 ERA seasons before back fractures sidelined him for the first half of 2024.

The Brewers traded Williams to the Yankees ahead of his final arbitration year last winter, but his performance in New York marked a sharp decline. He finished 4-6 with a 4.79 ERA over 62 innings, recording 18 saves in 22 opportunities. Williams lost his closer role in April amid early...