{"id":72390,"date":"2025-07-30T13:32:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72390"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T13:32:25","slug":"yankees-rumors-pirates-emerging-as-likely-pitching-trade-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72390","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Rumors: Pirates Emerging As Likely Pitching Trade Partner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><main id=\"main-container\" role=\"main\"><\/main>The New York Yankees have taken care of the position player side of things at the trade deadline. Now, it&#8217;s all about pitching.<\/p>\n<p>As Thursday&#8217;s 6 p.m. ET trade deadline approaches, the Yankees could feasibly acquire another starter and two impact relievers. Every contender wants arms, so it&#8217;s not guaranteed they accomplish that goal, but they should at least be trying.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the issue is that there aren&#8217;t many clear-cut sellers this year. But the Pittsburgh Pirates have to be considered part of that group.<\/p>\n<p>As they hurtle toward another last-place finish, the Pirates have a closer (David Bednar) and a controllable starter (Mitch Keller) who could help numerous franchises.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Yankees have\u00a0shown an interest\u00a0in both players, with Bednar apparently more likely to be dealt at this point than Keller.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yankees have been in contact with Pirates about multiple players,&#8221; Heyman wrote Tuesday night on X. &#8220;Bednar is a target. Keller interests them, too, but price tag might discourage them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bednar owns a 2.37 ERA with 51 strikeouts in 38 innings this year, and he&#8217;s under control for next season as well. Keller, whose contract pays $55.7 million through the 2028 season, sports a 3.69 ERA in 22 starts and 127 innings.<\/p>\n<p>A package deal could be appealing for the Yankees, but even if they get one or the other, they have to feel good about their new pitcher&#8217;s chances of helping guide the pennant push.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Pirates have pitchers, and it seems the New York Yankees may want to bring at least one of their hurlers into the fold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees Rumors: Pirates Emerging As Likely Pitching Trade Partner? 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