Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees from spring training Try it free TAMPA – Devin Williams spoke to Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman last week to voice his preference for keeping his beard,

Devin Williams had to say goodbye to his glorious beard after he was traded to the Yankees. But it turns out it's only a temporary absence.

The Yankees amended their facial hair policy after it had been a topic of internal conversation for around 10 years.

Devin Williams reacted to the New York Yankees' surprising decision to abandon their strict facial hair policy.

The New York Yankees finally changed their archaic facial hair policy and fans are immediately thinking about one player: Devin Williams.

The All-Star closer, acquired in a trade with the Brewers over the offseason without any say in the matter, said that the Bombers’ past ban on facial hair below the upper lip would have been a factor in free agency. The Yankees amended the policy on Friday to permit “well-groomed beards,” an announcement that shocked the baseball world.

The New York Yankees' beard policy has claimed many victims, and it appeared to have another coming when the team traded for Milwaukee Brewers closer Devin Williams over the winter. Williams reported for spring training with the beard still intact but had shaved it off by the time he started throwing for the team.

The New York Yankees are finally making a major change to their longstanding hair policy. For decades, players had to have shorter hair and could not have beards.

New closer Devin Williams and several former Yankees stars helped nudge owner Hal Steinbrenner into changing the franchise's decades-old policy on facial hair Friday.