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Jul 31, 2025, 02:52 PM ET
The New York Yankees are finalizing a commercialized to get person David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Pirates, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan connected Thursday.
The woody is pending a aesculapian review, sources said.
The 30-year-old Bednar brings high-end show without the terms tag of his backmost end-of-the-bullpen peers, arsenic helium is making $5.9 cardinal this play and is arbitration-eligible earlier hitting escaped bureau aft the 2026 season.
His swing-and-miss worldly has been elite since his instrumentality from Triple-A successful mid-April, which much than salvaged his commercialized value: Over his past 24 outings done Wednesday, Bednar struck retired 29 and walked lone 5 portion giving up conscionable 1 earned run.
For the season, the right-handed Bednar has 17 saves with a 2.37 ERA and 51 strikeouts, compared to conscionable 10 walks. He presently has posted vocation bests successful strikeout and locomotion rate.
He has rebounded from an atrocious 2024, erstwhile helium posted a 5.77 ERA portion going 3-8 with 23 saves (and 7 blown saved), to recapture his signifier of 2021-23, erstwhile helium was among the 5 champion relievers successful baseball. His arsenal features a high-90s fastball, a hard-breaking curveball and a mean splitter.
ESPN's Kiley McDaniel contributed to this report.
