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00:00I sense Devin Williams is done with the Yankees.

00:04Do you?

00:05And do you think there's any chance that a plan B,

00:10that if Cody Bellinger suddenly a Met or a Philly or a Dodger,

00:15could plan B be at all, well, let's sign Edwin Diaz

00:19and be great at the end.

00:22Then you have Bednar and Diaz for the last six outs.

00:25And with Bednar ready to be a free agent after 2026,

00:28you have your answer for a while back there.

00:32Yeah, I mean, I'm not ruling much out in free agency.

00:35Anything can happen.

00:36I'm kind of with you on Williams.

00:37I think he got more comfortable as things went,

00:39but he can get a closing role elsewhere.

00:42We saw that the Dodgers via the Athletic are interested.

00:45Once again, they were last winter.

00:47You know, if you've got a choice of the Dodgers or anyone else,

00:50no knock on the Yankees,

00:51you've got a good chance of picking the Dodgers.

00:53He didn't have a choice last time.

00:55Word was he would have liked to have gone to the Dodgers.

00:57Yankees probably weren't number one on his list due to the beard situation.

01:01They rectified that for him.

01:03He still didn't seem too comfortable until the last several weeks of the season.

01:07So I can see that.

01:09I mean, I'm not going to advocate against anybody getting in with Diaz,

01:12any big market team.

01:13He was the best closer in baseball last year.

01:17And Chapman was pretty good, too.

01:18They're obviously not getting Chapman.

01:20He's on the Red Sox and doesn't really love the Yankees anyway.

01:22Anyway, you know, I think Diaz, you know, would be great.

01:27Certainly with Bednar, I think that's probably not a great chance of happening.

01:33I think they like what Bednar did.

01:36There are a ton of guys out there who closed in the past.

01:39They've been good closers.

01:41Whether it be Suarez or Keller or Kenley Jansen.

01:46But I know people are knocking this free agent list.

01:50I think overall it's decent.

01:51Obviously, there's no Otani.

01:53There's no Soto.

01:54But I think overall it's decent.

01:55But it's great in the relief pitching.

01:57And they should be able to bulk up that relief core, which I think would be imperative.

02:02And they obviously need a left-hander.

02:04I mean, Tim Hill did well.

02:06He was good.

02:07He's a good pitcher.

02:08It's a good bargain at $3 million.

02:11They need a left-hander.

02:13I don't think there's any question about that.

02:16Yeah.

02:17You know, John, you mentioned the name that I would use to finish this block, which is Chapman.

02:21And also maybe Zach Britton.

02:23I think the Yankees didn't like the experience of having top-of-the-market, closer money guys on the roster.

02:29And they always feel they'll find their Clay Holmes, Luke Weaver kind of guy there.

02:34So I suspect they'll use their money in another way.

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