The ink hadn’t even dried on Devin Williams’ three-year, $51 million contract with the New York Mets before the right-hander decided to light a match and toss it over his shoulder on the way to Queens.
After a volatile 2025 campaign where Yankee Stadium boo birds treated him like a liability, Williams took to Instagram to call out the double standard, posting, “For a bunch of people that didn’t want me back on your team, y’all sure are mad in the DMs.” It is a direct challenge that cuts through the noise, exposing the entitlement of a fanbase that spent six months driving him out of town only to cry foul when he joined the neighbors.
While the “Airbender” admits his tenure in Pinstripes wasn’t a fairy tale, the venom spewed his way ignored the reality of what he actually brought to the m

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