CLEVELAND, Ohio — Devin Williams signing with the Mets on a three-year, $51 million deal doesn’t just represent another elite reliever changing teams — it shines a spotlight on the increasingly precarious bullpen situation facing the Cleveland Guardians heading into 2026.

While most analysts fixate on Cleveland’s desperate need for offensive firepower, an equally concerning hole has emerged at the back end of their bullpen. The Williams signing highlights just how valuable elite relievers have become in today’s game, and the Guardians find themselves in a particularly vulnerable spot.

“It just goes to point out that with the uncertain future of Clase, they have a big hole to fill in that bullpen,” Paul Hoynes emphasized on the Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast. “They’ve lost Jakob Junis to

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