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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 1066447" data-attributes="member: 7261">A move that the Brewers made in Dec. shouldn't go unnoticed.  They traded away their Ace closer, Devin Williams for Nestor Cortes, Caleb Durbin and cash with the Yankees.Cortes ended up not having much of an impact and was recently traded for Brandon Lockridge.  It is early, but Lockridge has stepped in and has had an immediate positive impact for the Brewers.  Caleb Durbin was the prize in that trade.  What a rookie year that guy is having.The bigger news from that trade, Devin Williams has just stunk it up for the Yankees.  He got demoted from being their closer and just keeps getting shelled. Williams owns an unsightly 5.44 ERA and has given up as many earned runs as he did in the last three seasons combined with the Brewers. On Monday night, he allowed the game-tying home run that eventually led to an extra-innings loss. He followed that outing up by allowing a go-ahead two-RBI single to Rowdy Tellez in the eighth inning.One of the main reasons the Brewers traded Williams was that they didn't want to pay him as one of the top closers in MLB.  The Brewers had a $10.5M option on him. Williams ended up going to arbitration with the Yankees and got an $8.6M 1 year deal.</blockquote>

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