ORLANDO — With Devin Williams bolting the Bronx for the crosstown rival Mets, Brian Cashman said that he never made the reliever a formal offer.
The Yankees general manager did speak to Williams’ rep once or twice and asked for updates on the right-hander’s market. However, Cashman never got a call back.
“I’m not saying he needed to,” Cashman continued Sunday night at the Winter Meetings in Orlando.
A representative for Williams declined to comment on Cashman’s version of events when contacted by the Daily News.
Williams ended up getting a three-year, $51 million deal from the Mets . The payday followed a turbulent season for the 31-year-old, as the Yankees had to pull him from the closer’s role twice. Hindered by a few implosions and blown saves, especially early on in the season,

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