{"id":72711,"date":"2025-07-31T21:02:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72711"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T21:02:30","slug":"david-bednar-trade-yankees-score-ace-closer-from-pirates-in-mlb-deadline-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=72711","title":{"rendered":"David Bednar trade: Yankees score ace closer from Pirates in MLB deadline deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scratch another closer&#8217;s name of the list of available options as the MLB trade deadline approaches.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Yankees are on the verge of acquiring right-hander David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Pirates, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The person spoke to USA TODAY Sports on the condition of anonymity because the deal wasn&#8217;t yet official.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition willl the Yanks much-needed bullpen depth to go with Devin Williams and Luke Weaver for the stretch run.<\/p>\n<p>Bednar, 30, spent the first two seasons as a major leaguer with the San Diego Padres before coming to the Pirates in 2021 in a three-way trade involving the New York Mets. He has developed into a reliable closer \u2013 earning a pair of All-Star nods and leading the National League in saves in 2023 with 39.<\/p>\n<p>He has one more year of arbitration eligibility in 2026.<\/p>\n<h2>David Bednar trade details<\/h2>\n<p>The Yankees acquire reliever David Bednar from the Pirates, pending a medical review.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Yankees catching prospect Rafael Flores, C\/1B Edgleen Perez and OF Brian Sanchez go to the Pirates in the deal.<\/p>\n<h2>David Bednar stats<\/h2>\n<p>This season, Bednar has converted all 17 of his save opportunities with a 2.37 ERA and 1.11 WHIP in 38 innings. He also has struck out 12.1 batters per nine innings.<\/p>\n<h2>David Bednar contract<\/h2>\n<p>David Bednar is earing $5.9 million this season and is under team control through 2026.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story has been updated to include new information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: David Bednar trade details: Yankees get top closer in Pirates swap<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-time All-Star closer David Bednar is on the move, going from Pittsburgh to the Bronx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":72712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2752,329,2004,272,17,40,291,2753,292],"class_list":["post-72711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-david-bednar","tag-devin-williams","tag-luke-weaver","tag-mlb-trade-deadline","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-rafael-flores","tag-san-diego-padres"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - 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