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The Milwaukee Brewers will be without their closer for half the season.
All-Star reliever Devin Williams has been diagnosed with two stress fractures in his back and is expected to miss roughly three months, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. The injury is reportedly the return of an issue Williams had at the end of last season.
Losing Williams means losing one of the best relievers in baseball. In five seasons with the Brewers, the right-hander holds a 1.89 career ERA, the best mark in baseball among pitchers with at least 200 innings in that span. His 39% strikeout rate, achieved via his signature "Airbender" changeup, also ranks third.
Last season was a career-best season for him, earning his second-straight All-Star honor and 36 saves in his first full season as Brewers closer after the trade of Josh Hader.
Williams' injury arrives after an offseason of upheaval in Milwaukee. The team lost president of baseball operations David Stearns to the New York Mets and manager Craig Counsell to the division rival Chicago Cubs. It traded perhaps its top player, former Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for a pair of prospects.
After two division titles in three years, the Brewers are projected to finish third in the NL Central and below .500 by Baseball Prospectus' PECOTA. Losing Williams won't help that.
There isn't a clear answer for who will replace Williams in the top spot of the Brewers' bullpen. Joel Payamps might be the best bet after a 2023 in which he posted a 2.55 ERA in 70⅔ innings, but players like Trevor Megill, Abner Uribe and more could all have an argument.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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