2:10 pm: Little League Catcher/First Baseman Edgleen Perez According to Passan, it is also in the transaction. Francys Romero added, minor league outfielder Brian Sanchez It is the third player back to Pittsburgh.
1:55 pm: Attract prospects Rafael Flores Report, the zealous Robert Murray reported that the pirates in the deal. Jon Heyman of the New York Post added that Pittsburgh will have two more prospects.
1:50 pm: Yankees are closing deals to acquire closer David Bednar ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported from Pirates. Ken Rosenthal of the movement earlier reported that the two sides were discussing swaps. Rosenthal now adds that the Yankees and the Pirates are currently reviewing the medical records of the players in the deal.
Bednar, 30, is one of the most controlled relief workers on the market. The 6’1-inch right throw price on the right of this season is 5.9mm and has been in control for a year at the club. Although the Yankees had to pay him a 110% luxury tax, he owed him a balance of about 1.87mm, bringing total financial expenditures to close to 3.9mm.
Bednar, a two-time All-Star, struggled in the brutal 2024 season, and his 2025 campaign was tough. Bucs selected him for Triple-A in late March, and Bednar has been an absolute giant since returning. In 37 frames, he released 1.70 ERA with a strikeout rate and walk rate of 5.5%. Here are some of the best works in Bednar’s career – even better than the peak of the 2021-23 peak, which led him to graduate with a 2.25 ERA, a strikeout rate of 31.2% and a 7.7% walk rate.
Bednar will certainly have an extra attraction to the Yankees considering the extra club-controlled season. The highest relief Devin Williams and Luke Weaver Both will arrive at free agents at the end of the season. Bednar will be able to any high leverage necessary for 2025 and can enter the ninth inning of the 2026 season, depending on Williams and/or the Weaver.
Yankees rescuers have been mediocre throughout the season, ranking 21st in the Grand Slam with a 4.24 ERA. However, they have been the second-blade group in baseball for the past month, recording the worst era of the 6.29 ERA in the American League and are only ahead of the Rockies in all 30 teams. Weaver and Williams’ struggle played a big role, and neither did Yankees Fernando Cruz and Mark Leiter Jr. At that time. Cruz had tilted pressure and Wright had a pressure fracture in his fibula.
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