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NEW YORK — For more than 20 minutes, Devin Williams remained motionless at his locker, still dressed in full uniform, staring into the abyss of his phone. He sat hunched forward, his left hand bracing his chin, eyes glassy as he scrolled, passing the time to try to forget about his latest implosion. It wasn’t until reporters approached Williams on …

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, …

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 …

Aaron Boone, in eight years as the New York Yankees’ manager, has typically been upbeat and optimistic about his team and its future. He almost always defends his players, even though it has made him a target of fans who argue that the manager can dabble in delusion. The approach seems to work for general manager Brian Cashman. Before signing …

Last year, the Yankees were at Globe Life Field when Aaron Boone opened up the closer’s role with Clay Holmes struggling. Two days later, Luke Weaver got the first chance for a save, nailed it and ran with the job into October. On Tuesday, the Yankees were at Globe Life Field when Boone opened up the closer’s role with Devin …

Yankees reliever David Bednar convinced manager Aaron Boone not to change pitchers with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday, then finished off a five-out, five-strikeout, 42-pitch save in a 3-2 win over the Rangers.AP ARLINGTON, Texas — With the Yankees up a run with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday, manager Aaron Boone’s mind was made up during …

ARLINGTON, Texas — There was not much left for the Yankees to salvage from their road trip, but at least there is this: They flew home still clinging to a playoff spot with 47 games to go. If things had followed the script of the first two games of this series, the Rangers would have finished off a sweep on …

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, …

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. …

The Yankees have lost five games in a row, again. Tonight, it was a complete collapse of the offense, despite the joy we all felt at seeing Aaron Judge’s name back in the lineup. Pair that with yet another disastrous outing by Devin Williams, and we’re still searching for rock bottom with this ballclub. I’m glad this is my first …