I mean this in the most positive connotation: In many ways, Trevor Williams was the living embodiment of a meme for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was humorous, silly, hopeful, and a generally positive person on social media, and presumably in the clubhouse of PNC Park.
On Friday, the Pirates designated both Williams and Jose Osuna for assignment, expediting the free agency process for those two in lieu of the Pirates tendering either of them a contract.
This doesn’t come as much of a surprise. In 2017 and 2018, it looked as though Williams might become an important part of the Pirates’ rotation, but he regressed in 2019 and especially 2020.