ESPN: Prior to the trade deadline, the New York Yankees set to acquire a rival star closer to replace Williams.

Prior to the trade deadline, the New York Yankees will probably try to strengthen their pitching staff.

The Yankees could try to bolster their bullpen and acquire a starting pitcher. Devin Williams was signed by New York this offseason to serve as the team’s closer. He has, however, struggled and lost the position.

In light of this, Pinstripe Territory MLB expert Derek Levandowski thinks the Yankees ought to try to acquire Baltimore Orioles player Felix Bautista.

“I think even if you have to pay a little bit of a premium in-division, I think he is someone you have to go out and get,” Levandowski said. Just to remind everyone that the Yankees have done this previously, deals cannot be made in division. You have work to do and are not very near to winning the division if you are in dead last, so I can see this deal occurring. This one seems like a solid match.

Bautista is a talented reliever who can solidify the Yankees’ bullpen with his powerful tosses. They will probably be sellers because Baltimore is the AL East’s final team.

But Bautista has two more years of club control and is only earning $1 million this season. With that, closing the sale would probably cost a significant amount of prospects.

This season, Bautista has made seven saves for the Orioles and is 0-1 with a 4.02 ERA in 16 games.

After losing his job with the Yankees, Williams says it doesn’t matter.

Williams was the Yankees’ closer going into the season, but he faltered and was fired.

Williams believes it doesn’t matter if he gets the closer’s job back, even if he has pitched better since being fired. Rather, his only goal is to throw well each and every time, no matter what inning it is.

Williams told the New York Daily News, “At this time, it doesn’t matter.” “It makes no difference.”

The Yankees looked to Luke Weaver after displacing Williams as the closer. Despite Weaver’s strong pitching, he is certain that Williams will return as the closer and maintain his dominance.

“Devin’s the man. I mean, he is obviously one of the best in the game — There’s adjusting time with anything,” Weaver said. “All you’re attempting to do is reduce errors. Sometimes they are minimal—we may make those mistakes quickly—and other times they are totally out of control and stack up while you’re attempting to halt that momentum. That being said, it’s great to have him do what he does, even though we don’t always get lucky.

New York is among the best teams in Major League Baseball, but Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is hesitant to make any trades. The Yankees have a need at third base and pitching, but Cashman claims it’s difficult to make trades at this stage of the season. Weaver is 1-1 with a 0.40 ERA in 21 games, including 7 saves this season.

The Yankees are 30-20 and leading the AL East. Cashman stated, “If we can improve on things, we’ll try to do that, as well.” “It’s hard to make improvements at this part of the season.”