When the New York Yankees acquired Devin Williams from the Milwaukee Brewers, expectations couldn’t have been much higher.

Trading Nestor Cortes and infield prospect Caleb Durbin signaled the team’s commitment to securing one of baseball’s elite relievers — albeit entering a contract year.

Williams, however, hasn’t delivered the stability New York envisioned, instead enduring one of the most uneven seasons of his career.

The 30-year-old currently holds a 4.91 ERA across 51.1 innings, his worst stretch since his rookie year back in 2019.

A season of frustrating inconsistency

The most alarming part of Williams ’ performance has been his inability to string together consistent results from outing to outing.

While he still owns a gaudy 12.97 strikeouts per nine, his left-on-base rate of

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