After a season full of demotions, rocky roads, and full-throated booing, Devin Williams contributed to ending the Yankees' season in Game 4 of the ALDS and, miraculously, no one was really all that upset with him. That's how far the arrow has moved on Williams, whose split-inning duty helped save the Yankees' leaky bullpen in Game 3, and who thrived as a high-strikeout setup man from mid-August through the end of the year.
A relationship that has long been assumed to have dissolved all the way back in ... May? Late April? ... might theoretically have a path towards continuing in 2026 and beyond.