Mets' Devin Williams signing just got 1,000 times funnier after latest news

Oh! Oh, so it's exactly what we warned you about then?

Adam Weinrib

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For once, the rich getting richer in Los Angeles has actually turned into something that New York Yankees fans will find ... deeply hilarious. Just over one week after Devin Williams signed a three-year deal with the Mets and every citizen of Queens schooled Yankees fans about he'd be a perfect fit in a setup role behind Edwin Diaz, we have received official confirmation that that will not be happening.

Diaz, after his market reportedly expanded on Tuesday morning, has leapt to the Los Angeles Dodgers. That leaves Williams, unfit to close in the Bronx and far worse on the road in pressure environments, to be the Mets' high-priced closer rather than their overqualified setup man.

Even if the Yankees' pitch tinkering was partially responsible for Williams' downfall — and, yes, he's certainly claimed to be a martyr plenty in recent days — he's now about to absorb one of the highest-pressure jobs in all of sports. He'll be the one thing standing between the vein-popping-out-of-their-forehead fanbase and safe and secure one-run leads. Met fans are like Yankee fans without the historical success. Best of luck!

Hey, maybe Williams and Pete Alonso can bury the hatchet in the locker room and get to the bottom of exactly why Alonso's Wild Card home run formally broke him (as Met fans liked to claim last year). That'll only happen if the Mets wise up and bring Pete home, too! Given that budget constraints prevented them from reuniting with Diaz and completing their bullpen, though, that also seems less likely by the day.

Former Yankees closer Devin Williams will ... probably be the Mets' closer after Edwin Diaz's defection to Dodgers

Diaz's deal isn't even a five-year megadeal. It's just three seasons and $69 million. Why the Mets couldn't afford that, we'll never know.

Maybe David Stearns has the key that unlocks the Williams of old. Or maybe, just maybe, Steve Cohen's expansive budget is only reserved for former Yankees. Cody Bellinger could be defecting any minute now. And, if he does arrive at Citi Field, he'll see the wrong familiar face taking the ball in the ninth.

Does anyone know if Williams is comfortable with blaring trumpets?

Adam Weinrib

Adam Weinrib is a Content Director on the FanSided network, and has been the co-editor at Yanks Go Yard for 6 years. He also co-hosts The Baseball Insiders Podcast thrice weekly, alongside FanSided MLB insider Robert Murray, as well as the Yanks Go Yard Podcast. Previously, he was a Senior Editor at 12up.com, and has been covering MLB and NFL for 10 years. He was also a headline and features contributor at ClickHole and Onion Sports, as well as the Associate Producer of the ESPN 30 for 30 film "Believeland". An avowed fan of the New York sports teams -- specifically the Yankees -- as well as the North Carolina Tar Heels, you can find Adam complaining mid-game on Twitter, as well as on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn if the game goes really poorly.