The baseball offseason is officially underway, and for the New York Mets, the stove is already burning hot. According to a new report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan, the Mets have emerged as a primary suitor for free-agent reliever Devin Williams, who spent the 2025 season with the cross-town rival New York Yankees. The connection is logical: Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns was the architect of the Milwaukee Brewers teams that drafted and developed Williams into one of the game’s elite closers. Now, Stearns appears poised to bring his former pupil to Queens, potentially orchestrating a reunion that could reshape the Mets' bullpen hierarchy.
NY Mets eyeing Yankees closer for 2nd straight year (with bigger Edwin Diaz plans)
