Devin Williams’ Mets tenure hasn’t quite started as planned.
The righty has struggled mightily after starting the season with five straight scoreless outings, as he’s been knocked around and has given up runs each of his last four times out.
The latest came on Thursday, when Williams again ran into trouble, giving up three hits and a run before recording the final two outs in a victory over the Twins.
His outs were a pair of strikeouts, but not before bringing the go-ahead run to the plate.
The former All-Star closer is now up to an ugly 10.29 ERA and 2.86 WHIP with six walks and 13 strikeouts over his first nine appearances in orange and blue.
David Stearns broke down what he’s seen of late prior to Friday’s series opener.
“His changeup hasn’t been where he wants it yet -- there hasn’t been that level of consistency he’s used to,” he said. “He’s gone through stretches like this in his career before and we're confident he will get through this.”
One of those stretches came last season when Williams struggled to find his footing for the majority of his lone campaign pitching on the other side of town with the Yankees.
He did find more success after the team bumped him to a set-up role in front of Luke Weaver, but that isn't something that the Mets have considered with the two to this point.
“That’s not something [Carlos Mendoza] and I have really talked about,” Stearns said. “I think we’re focused on getting Devin right, regardless of what inning he happens to be pitching in.”
