One of the Yankees’ obvious stated goals is to make the postseason this year. Aaron Boone also stated his intention to “keep running [Devin Williams] out there.” These two avowals are incompatible with each other, as demonstrated by yet another meltdown from Williams. In his last four appearances, Williams has a pair of blown saves, gave up the game-winning hit, …
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With an offense that scratched across three runs in 10 innings, the Yankees required excellence from their pitching staff. Yet again, Devin Williams was nowhere near excellent. A quality, tense game in which the Yankees erased a two-run deficit and forced extra innings was deflated by their most polarizing pitcher in the 10th inning. Williams entered to what might generously …
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Caleb Williams went viral twice during the opening days of Bears training camp — once for an interception and later for a series of misfires toward an unmoving net. Ideally, the former No. 1 overall pick and franchise cornerstone would generate camp buzz for different reasons. Williams, however, is now trapped inside an unfortunate social media snark-and-doom loop wherein his …
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Caleb Williams’ preseason debut with Ben Johnson as his head coach will not come this weekend. Johnson told reporters in his Friday press conference that Williams and about 17 of the club’s other starters will not play in Sunday’s exhibition matchup against the Dolphins. Chicago is having a joint practice with Miami on Friday, which will largely be a substitute …
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Caleb Williams defended himself after a fan’s video of the Bears quarterback missing his target while throwing into a net went viral. It prompted arm-chair quarterbacks to question Williams’ progress since last season. “I look at it, and I laugh at ‘em, as always,” Williams said Thursday, via Courtney Cronin of ESPN. “We’re out here working. We’re getting after it. …
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Gavin Williams didn’t want to come out of the game, and Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt had no plans to remove his pitcher with a chance to make history. With no one warming up in the bullpen, Williams carried a no-hitter into the ninth inning before Juan Soto spoiled it with a solo home run with just two outs to go …
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NEW YORK — Gavin Williams came within two outs of Cleveland‘s first no-hitter in 44 years before Juan Soto homered with one out in the ninth inning, and the Guardians completed a three-game sweep of the reeling New York Mets with a 4-1 victory Wednesday. Williams (7-4) walked three and struck out six, including Francisco Lindor to lead off the …
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A scoreless game did not allow Aaron Boone to hide Devin Williams on Tuesday night. Just one day after yet another crushing blown save by Williams, Boone needed someone to pitch the eighth inning of a scoreless game against the Rangers. Some managers may have avoided a struggling reliever, who seemingly had lost his closing job earlier in the day, …
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ARLINGTON, Texas — The New York Yankees’ infielders converged on the mound, surrounding struggling reliever Devin Williams. It allowed extra time for David Bednar and Mark Leiter Jr. — pitchers historically good against lefty batters — to warm up in the bullpen. Williams had just issued a walk to load the bases, and lefty hitter Rowdy Tellez was up next. …
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