Devin Williams' former Brewers teammate, Christian Yelich, says he'll be 'fine' amid Yankees struggles

The New York Yankees thought they had yet recovered their person erstwhile they acquired two-time National League Reliever of the Year Devin Williams. On Sunday, they demoted him.

Coming into this season, Williams owned a 1.83 ERA successful his archetypal six MLB seasons, each with the Milwaukee Brewers. That fig was the second-best successful the majors, down lone Emmanuel Clase (who, too, is struggling), and his 14.3 K/9 successful that span was the fourth-best.

But with the Yankees, helium had allowed 10 earned runs successful his archetypal 8 innings of work, and aft blowing a four-run pb and different prevention past week, New York announced they were taking him retired of the closer's role.

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New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone takes the shot from alleviation pitcher Devin Williams during the ninth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays astatine Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

It's unfamiliar territory for Williams successful much ways than one, arsenic the speech successful the tri-state country is that Williams is different unfortunate of the bigger market.

However, his erstwhile Brewers teammate successful Christian Yelich disagrees.

"Devin volition beryllium fine. He’s 1 of the champion closers successful baseball. He's done it for a agelong time," Yelich told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview.

"Anything successful a tiny illustration size doesn’t truly archer the existent story. You person a pugnacious outing oregon two, everything benignant of gets skewed. It’s pugnacious being a reliever erstwhile you lone person a fewer innings aboriginal successful the play and a mates of them don’t spell your way," helium added. "But he'll beryllium fine. He knows what he's getting into successful New York. He's pitched successful a batch of large games. So I'm not disquieted astir him. He'll beryllium conscionable fine."

New York Yankees alleviation pitcher Devin Williams walks disconnected the tract aft being taken retired of the crippled against the Toronto Blue Jays successful the ninth inning astatine Yankee Stadium. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

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Williams was notably not thrilled erstwhile helium had to shave his beard, which became different stepping chromatic to proprietor Hal Steinbrenner ditching the longstanding argumentation implemented by his begetter successful the 1970s.

Yelich agrees that the policy-drop was a astute decision, but "we each got a bully laughter astir it with the Brewers" erstwhile Williams had to shave.

Perhaps that has added to the pressure, but for Williams, portion helium was not the sole catalyst for the argumentation change, it's harmless to presume helium helped propulsion it into the extremity zone.

Williams has besides reportedly complained astir the media beingness successful the Yankees' clubhouse, which surely is simply a batch antithetic from his days successful Milwaukee. 

He appeared to person it figured retired this month, erstwhile helium had consecutive three-up, three-down outings. But since then, it's been pugnacious to watch.

New York Yankees alleviation pitcher Devin Williams pitches against the Pittsburgh Pirates during the ninth inning astatine PNC Park. (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)

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For now, Williams is not a high-leverage option, which is mediocre timing for him due to the fact that he's successful his last play earlier escaped agency.

Luke Weaver, who took connected the closer's relation past twelvemonth aft Clay Holmes mislaid the job, has closed retired 2 games successful the past week and has a 0.00 ERA successful his 13 appearances this season.

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