2025 Yankees Season

[Chip]

No Grisham against a right handed pitcher? Interesting...or weird. Not sure which yet.

 

[JeremyCuse]

Miller and Sears to the Padres

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

No Grisham against a right handed pitcher? Interesting...or weird. Not sure which yet.

 

[Chip]

Guess that answers that. Good pinch hitter to have available late.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

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[NineOneSeven]

Bednar coming in. Good get.

 

[donniesyracuse]

Bednar coming in. Good get.

That will be nice

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Chip]

Bednar under team control thru next year, right?

Both of my fantasy closers were traded today (Miller and Bednar). From teams who lose more than they win to teams who win more than they lose. Seems better.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Bednar under team control thru next year, right?

Both of my fantasy closers were traded today (Miller and Bednar). From teams who lose more than they win to teams who win more than they lose. Seems better.

$5.9 mil this year.

Arbitration eligible in 2026

FA in 2027

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Roc Riggio (AA) and Ben Shields (FCL) from the Yankees for Bird, per source.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

We're two players over the 40.

Someone's getting red tagged.

 

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[kirbivore]

When Gil returns Stroman's gotta be the SP that gets the boot from the rotation.

 

[kirbivore]

Tampa final game of season in NY. Both teams in playoff race with shortish fights to Florida after this. They will wait a long time to finish this today IMO

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[BillSU]

Yankees land Bednar, boost struggling bullpen espn.com​

Yankees get:
RHP David Bednar

Pirates get:
C Rafael Flores
C Edgleen Perez
OF Brian Sanchez

Yankees grade: B+

It's no secret the Yankees desired bullpen help -- usually a strength of the team, the pen ranks 21st in the majors with a 4.24 ERA, a figure that has ballooned to 6.29 in July. Closer Devin Williams has had a wildly inconsistent season after coming over from the Brewers, struggling in April, looking good for a couple of months, but now he has allowed runs in four of his past six appearances, including two home runs. Luke Weaver, who came out of nowhere last season to end up as the Yankees' closer, hasn't been quite as dominant either, mostly due to a high home run rate (seven in 40⅔ innings).

That suggests it's possible Bednar even gets a crack at the closer role. After struggling out of the gate to begin the season, he has allowed just one earned run over his past 24 appearances. Bednar's four-seamer averages 97, but it's not necessarily a dominant pitch, as he gets most of his swing-and-miss off his curveball and a splitter that he uses effectively against lefties. While Bednar is 17-for-17 in save chances, he does have five losses, so, umm, don't use him in a tie game?

As a bonus, Bednar also comes with another year of team control. Granted, pitching for Pittsburgh is a lot different than pitching in New York -- ask Williams about the pressures of going from a small market to pitching for the Yankees, where the fans will turn on you after that first blown save -- but Bednar gives Aaron Boone another late-game, high-leverage arm, no matter what role he settles into.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

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[OrangeXtreme]

Right in the middle of the game...