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Yankees, Pirates Discussing David Bednar Trade

By Steve Adams | July 31, 2025 at 12:43pm CDT

The Yankees and Pirates are in talks on a trade that would send closer David Bednar from Pittsburgh to the Bronx, reports Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. New York is seen by others pursuing Bednar as a front-runner to acquire him, though a deal is not yet in place. MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand adds that the Bucs are still discussing Bednar with several clubs, but the Yankees consider him their top option.

Bednar, 30, is one of the top controllable relievers on the market. The hard-throwing 6’1″ righty is making $5.9MM this season and is under club control for one more year. He’s owed about $1.87MM of that sum for the balance of the season, though the Yankees would pay a 110% luxury tax on him, making the total financial outlay closer to $3.9MM.

A former All-Star, Bednar struggled through a brutal 2024 season and had a rough start to his 2025 campaign. The Bucs optioned him to Triple-A in late March, and Bednar has been an absolute behemoth since returning. In 37 frames, he’s posted a dazzling 1.70 ERA with a 34.5% strikeout rate and 5.5% walk rate. It’s some of the best work of Bednar’s career — even better than what had been a 2021-23 peak that saw him post a combined 2.25 ERA, 31.2% strikeout rate and 7.7% walk rate.

Bednar surely holds extra appeal for the Yankees, given that additional season of club control. Top relievers like Devin Williams and Luke Weaver are both set to reach free agency at season’s end. Bednar would be able to pitch in any high-leverage role necessary in 2025 and could step into the ninth inning for the 2026 season, depending on whether Williams and/or Weaver are retained.

The Pirates have looked into trading Bednar in the past, though he’s a Pittsburgh native and favorite of owner Bob Nutting, who has reportedly intervened in some of his front office’s past discussions surrounding a Bednar trade. With the Pirates in the midst of another disappointing season and already having dismissed manager Derek Shelton, it’s seen as more likely that ownership will step to the side and let the front office earnestly explore the possibility.

The Rangers, Tigers, Phillies and Dodgers have all reportedly shown interest in Bednar this month as well, although the Phillies are likely done adding to the ’pen after acquiring Jhoan Duran, and the Tigers have already acquired a trio of veteran relievers (Kyle Finnegan, Rafael Montero, Paul Sewald).

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144 Comments

  1. Begamin

    20 hours ago

    Will Cashman actually pull the trigger this time or will he let another playoff team have them again

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    • Yankee Clipper

      20 hours ago

      Probably not. Did you see Bryan Hock’s quote of Boone?

      Hopefully he does because they desperately need the BP help.

      Secretly hoping for a SS acquisition too…..

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      • ctbronx7

        19 hours ago

        Yankees have plenty of prospects to deal: Jones, Lombard, Flores, even Dominguez — if it brings back the pitching the NYY need.

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        • Begamin

          19 hours ago

          You dont move Jones, Lombard, or Dominguez for a RP with 1.5 years left on their contract

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        • TheMan 3

          19 hours ago

          if you want to win a world series this year you do

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        • Begamin

          19 hours ago

          Theyre not winning a world series by moving Jones for Bednar get real lmaooo

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        • TheMan 3

          19 hours ago

          another immature person who supports the Yankees.
          Must be a contagious disease

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        • Begamin

          18 hours ago

          Bednar just got traded lil buddy youre gonna freak when you see its not Jones, Lombard, or Dominguez

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        • rocky7

          18 hours ago

          And then you fall into the Horace Clarke decades of losing……

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        • rocky7

          18 hours ago

          Jones didn’t go for Bednar….only “prospects” lower and/0r less relevant……

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    • Floridacoach 2

      19 hours ago

      Competing against Cashman is fun, because he babies his players and has their backs even when they stink!!!
      Bednar is great , but Cashman has the ability to lower his players “self expectation of themselves” , thus getting less out of them…
      You know he’s going to be fired – it’s just a case of guessing “how much damage do I allow him to inflict on the team, before we show him the door!!!??

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      • Yankee Clipper

        19 hours ago

        Florida coach: I wish you were wrong, but you’re not.

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      • Joe says...

        19 hours ago

        Floridacoach I’d say it’s less babying his players more of Cashman refusing to admit he was wrong about them. His ego is writing checks this team can’t cash.

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    • TheMan 3

      19 hours ago

      If Cherington doesn’t get who he wants, Bednar will be pitching for the Pirates the rest of this season

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  2. Turks444

    20 hours ago

    Stop it, this has been happening for 3 weeks.

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  3. Dumpster Divin Theo

    20 hours ago

    First

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    • DroppedThirdStrike

      20 hours ago

      Dang, third.

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  4. AI GM

    20 hours ago

    If happens should be pretty big trade. Nutting loves Bednar.

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    • Rexhudler86

      20 hours ago

      Narbed

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    • ChetLemonaid

      20 hours ago

      And I bet Bednar loves nutting…

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      • AI GM

        19 hours ago

        He might

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      • TheMan 3

        19 hours ago

        nutting is involved in a lot of charities locally and Bednar always volunteers to help

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      19 hours ago

      Not as much as he loves saving money.

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      • AI GM

        19 hours ago

        Doubt he saves $. Will he spend Hayes Bednar salary elsewhere or wll payroll be 16m lower next year? I figure it will be around what it is now.

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        • Windowpane

          19 hours ago

          $69 million in profit last year and an additional $16 million next? Nutting loves those numbers!

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      • TheMan 3

        19 hours ago

        you obviously don’t understand the relationship between Nutting’s charitable work and Bednar volunteering his time

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    • Tugboat54

      19 hours ago

      Then Nutjob must hate hitting.

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  5. swanhenge

    20 hours ago

    I always thought his last name looks like a typo. The D-N looks weird.

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  6. Mike Adamson

    20 hours ago

    Spencer Jones or trade to someone other than the Yankees! He’s been lights out!

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    • HatlessPete

      20 hours ago

      Lol you’re not getting spencer jones.

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      • BadMojo

        19 hours ago

        Spencer Jones will be a Pirate. Like it or not.

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        • ctbronx7

          19 hours ago

          And Skenes will appreciate the big bat that will help anchor their offense.

          OTOH, Bednar will have to learn about handling the pressure of pitching on New York — a very big challenge.

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        • NYCityRiddler

          19 hours ago

          That’s how we roll over here in the Bronx mojo, we overhype the prospects we don’t want until you’re salivating for them, then take the good stuff from you. You’d think you’d be used to it by now, but apparently not. Ahahahahahahaha

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      • lesterdnightfly

        19 hours ago

        No, even the Pirates don’t need another high-strikeout, overrated Yankees prospect.

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        • TheMan 3

          19 hours ago

          is laughing like a girl part of your life, NYC?

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    • NYCityRiddler

      20 hours ago

      The Pirates will get nothing… & like it! Ahahahahahaha!

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      • WashedUpOldTimer

        19 hours ago

        Yes, another response that again makes me root for the Blue Jays

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        • Tugboat54

          19 hours ago

          But probably accurate.

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    • Yankee Clipper

      19 hours ago

      Mike, I understand that sentiment, but given Boone’s response to the Yankees starting rotation jam, coupled with Cashman’s known refusal to trade Jones, I’m guessing perhaps Cam Schlittler is one of the main return pieces, if it happens.

      Perhaps it doesn’t get done though, because Cashman…..

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      • HatlessPete

        19 hours ago

        Bednar is an interesting trade piece to value imo. He doesn’t have the years of control of a duran let alone a Mason miller but he’s not a pure rental either. He’s been one of the better relievers available this deadline but I would not call him elite especially given his relatively recent struggles. All in all i don’t think that adds up to him fetching a high ranked prospect like Jones or lombard but he should command more than a change of scenery reclamation guy like Pereira or just a lottery ticket/mid tier prospect. Maybe a package of the above? Maybe a Heaney or even mitch keller is involved if the bucs want higher end talent or more quantity in the package?

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        • Mike Adamson

          19 hours ago

          He was bad in 24! Started the season rough but after hitting AAA he has been back to where he was… Look at him since he came back! That is elite. On top of that he’s a local kid which means little to me but means something to our terrible owner!

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        • TheRickSays

          19 hours ago

          Not elite? Please share whatever you’re smoking. He’s one of the best 5 closers in all of baseball

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        • HatlessPete

          19 hours ago

          He is a very good pitcher and has performed at a high level this year since a aaa reset but was bad all year in 2024 and has one year of control beyond this one. He does not have the years of control of Mason miller or even jhoan duran and does not have the recent track record of consistent above average to dominant performace of duran nor the sheer tools and stuff of either guy. My point is that he sits a value tier below the closers who have actually fetched top ranked prospects this deadline not that he shouldnt fetch a decent return.

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        • Mike Adamson

          19 hours ago

          And Spencer Jones has a 36% k rate in AAA. I’d say he’s way more proven! You have another year of control! I’d say this trade would be win-win! Rangers just moved Heuer. We shall see but it’s being reported that a ton of interest for Bednar which should make for a good return

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        • TheRickSays

          19 hours ago

          “He was so bad in ’24 that I’m going to conveniently ignore that he was ELITE all through ’21-’23 as well as ’25″…..His ERA is a full run better than both Miller’s and Duran’s this year, and he’s the only closer that hasn’t blown a save all year. Not elite? That’s an idiotic take

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        • TheMan 3

          19 hours ago

          those struggles ended with a trip to Indy to work on his control.
          He’s 17 for 17 in save opportunities since with 51 strikeouts in 43 innings

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        • HatlessPete

          19 hours ago

          Why do you want him so bad then lol? Jones has risk in his profile but a truly elite ceiling. That kind of power potential with his other non bat tools doesn’t exactly grow on trees. Reliever performance is notoriously volatile as demonstrated by bednars last couple years so relievers can only be considered “proven” to a point. And there is an inherent limitation to the value even the best relievers can add compared to starting pitchers and position players. That all factors in here.

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        • Mike Adamson

          19 hours ago

          The same reason you want Bednar but still point out 24! Obviously the Pirates need to add to their lineup.

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        • HatlessPete

          19 hours ago

          No the idiotic take here is you confusing my opinion that his overall profile does not suggest a valuation fully comparable to closers who have actually fetched top ranked elite prospects this deadline with saying he isn’t an excellent pitcher, and a valuable asset. Just not on the same level as duran or Miller for trade valuation purposes. And an entire ghastly season just last year is relevant to his projectability whether you want to believe it or not.

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        • HatlessPete

          19 hours ago

          I hope for Spencer’s sake he doesn’t end up a pirate given their org’s unseemly outcomes developing bats over the past few years lol.

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        • Mike Adamson

          19 hours ago

          Ok good day!

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        • Begamin

          19 hours ago

          Hatless,

          I think youre wasting your breath on them. Theyre gonna act like a RP with 1.5 years of control is worth a kings ransom. Bednar would fetch a Helsley esque return but they just saw Preller blow his wad over Mason Miller so Yanks must cough up their best prospects (who they weirdly also believe are complete trash busts)

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        • TheRickSays

          18 hours ago

          You literally said he’s not elite when in fact he is, the only advantage that Miller and Duran have is years of control, that’s it. To say he’s not elite, which you clearly did, is idiotic

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        • TheRickSays

          18 hours ago

          Reading comprehension would be useful, you should try it, I never commented on a return for Bednar, all I said was he is in fact an elite reliever, one of the 5 best closers in all of baseball

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        • HatlessPete

          17 hours ago

          Dude you’re getting way too fixated on this elite label. If you had better reading comprehension skills you might have understood that I was discussing that in the context of assessing his trade value instead of missing the forest for the trees. You’re free to disagree but given the generally volatile nature of reliever performance I personally would not consider a reliever who was a drastically below replacement level performer the entire preceding season to be an elite player. Saying that isn’t a general slight on bednar’s talent or value both of which are considerable, just not in the very tip-top of the league at his position imo. Chill out and get off your high horse.

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      • Mike Adamson

        19 hours ago

        The Pirates are loaded at Pitching and want MLB ready players or prospects for next season! This isn’t a rebuild. The Pitching is deep!

        If it’s not Spencer I hope the Pirates move on with the Blue Jays or Rangers! Bednar isn’t going anywhere without a bat coming back and if I’m wrong so be it.

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        • HatlessPete

          19 hours ago

          The blue jays don’t really have an mlb ready bat with jones’ ceiling that I cam think of. They have a plethora of at least moderately interesting pre-arb guys but I don’t see them moving Addison Barger with how he’s playing and his positional versatility. Idk if ernie clement or like Davis Schneider floats your boat tho. Similarly idk who on the rangers you’d think of as a good headliner who’s plausibly available. Walcott isn’t moving imo and I doubt the rangers want to deal langford or Carter. Beyond that unless I’m forgetting someone it gets risky and/or mid pretty quick iirc unless you burn with desire for adding josh smith.

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        • Mike Adamson

          19 hours ago

          Then Pirates keep Bednar and Santana! Spend money from Hayes on a bat next offseason via trade. Then our usual 1 year hope to hit something.

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        • JPR

          19 hours ago

          What bat are you getting with the savings from Hayes next year?

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        • Mike Adamson

          19 hours ago

          Well obviously it would be by trade for a young player . Similar to getting Horowitz this season. We don’t have the owner to play in free agency.

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        • TheMan 3

          19 hours ago

          I read that a deal was close this weekend until the Yankees would’nt give Cherington the players he wanted

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        • Tugboat54

          19 hours ago

          Anther Hayes.

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        • TheMan 3

          19 hours ago

          is it next season yet?

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        • Mike Adamson

          19 hours ago

          Morosi reporting Rangers and they just moved Heuer! Said Pham could be involved

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  7. chandlerbing

    20 hours ago

    bednar closer over devin?

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    • The Raven

      20 hours ago

      Yes X 1,000,000!

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  8. Salzilla

    20 hours ago

    I have both Bednar and Williams on one fantasy team, can we not lol.

    Seriously though as a NYY fan, id be good with this depending on what we give away.

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    • deepseamonster32

      19 hours ago

      gotta get yourself to a Holds league

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      • Salzilla

        19 hours ago

        In it, still prefer closers.

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  9. clutchcutch22

    20 hours ago

    Spencer Jones or bust!!

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    • brucenewton

      19 hours ago

      Jones is a bust. 4A ceiling.

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  10. Robert-5

    20 hours ago

    Somebody go Narcan Jed Hoyer, he’s missing the trade deadline…

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    • Rsox

      20 hours ago

      He got Kittredge last night

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    • Acoss1331

      19 hours ago

      Not enough, need a bench bat and a starter. Kittredge was a good move though.

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      • Rsox

        18 hours ago

        3 hours still to go and they may get the bench bat. Soroka probably winds up as the main starter acquisition

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        • Acoss1331

          18 hours ago

          Then that won’t be enough. Would not mind trading for a starter with years of control instead of a rental.

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  11. bigdaddyk

    20 hours ago

    Spencer Jones will not be the headliner he strikes out way to much.

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    • SandlotBenchWarmer

      20 hours ago

      It’s either him or Lombard Jr. and I don’t see that happening.

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      • bigdaddyk

        20 hours ago

        Lerange Everson and Jones. Jones is Adam Dunn Kyle Schwaber at best

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        • SandlotBenchWarmer

          19 hours ago

          Yeah but we don’t need pitchers. That won’t stop Cherington from dealing a reliever for a pitching prospect, but I hope he proves me wrong and gets a bat.

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        • lesterdnightfly

          19 hours ago

          No, Jones is Joey Gallo minus the glove.

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        • billy09

          19 hours ago

          LMAO “at best” Dunn had over 450 HRs. Any team would be thrilled to get that kind of career out of a late first round pick

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        • hottakesonly

          19 hours ago

          Calling a player Schwarber is a compliment. As is Adam Dunn at that. Not too many guys hit 462 homeruns in the big leagues. Doesn’t matter if he Ks if he hits this many. home runs.

          I’m not a Jones fan, but just about anyone would take that production lol.

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        • bigdaddyk

          19 hours ago

          If he gets pitching he can still trade that in the winter for hitting prospects. Eventually the orioles and Boston will trade position players for pitching

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      • MRSHOWTIME

        19 hours ago

        Way too much unless Keller coming too

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        • SandlotBenchWarmer

          19 hours ago

          Heaney maybe? No way Keller AND Bednar for Jones. The market for closers is way to high to not include Jones.

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        • bigdaddyk

          19 hours ago

          Not based on what other closers have gotten. Yankees always overrating prospects.

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        • billy09

          19 hours ago

          So the Yankees are telling BA, FG, etc to rate their prospects highly?

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    • clutchcutch22

      20 hours ago

      Then who?? A bag of balls? Not many other mlb ready prospects in their system and can’t imagine Yanks are giving up Dominguez.

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      • billy09

        19 hours ago

        They have two catchers at AAA. Both advanced bats but questionable at defense (similar to Agustin Ramirez). They also have an entire rotation of good-to-very-good SP prospects in AA. LOL that PIT needs to acquire guys ready to contribute right away. They can wait another year for any contribution

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  12. Oppo nacho

    20 hours ago

    They need to do something

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  13. DirtyDavis

    20 hours ago

    Bednar for jaason dominguez please

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  14. Cliff Johnson

    20 hours ago

    Pirates will probably get a class-A middle infielder who can’t hit his weight. And cash!!!!

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    • DirtyDavis

      19 hours ago

      U know they love that cash

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    • hottakesonly

      19 hours ago

      Lazy, uneducated, boring comment tbh.

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      • DirtyDavis

        19 hours ago

        Not really. I’m a Pirate fan and it’s spot on. I’ve watched the Gerrit Cole trade, glasnow trade, Joe Musgrove trade. Owner isn’t trying to build a team or contend, he’s there just to get as much money as he can without spending

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        • hottakesonly

          19 hours ago

          The Glasnow trade is crazy overrated. Yeah, Archer stunk, but What’d Meadows and Glas amount to? They got 5 years and 388 innings out of Glasnow, thats 77.6 innings a year. Not many teams are happy about a starter w/that little innings. Meadows amounted to one good AS year Now that one year was really good, but it amounted to not much team success. Baz is like Glasnow, talented yet hurt 24/7.

          Cole trade was awful. There’s no denying it. But do all GMs hit on every trade? It wasn’t even the current GM who made any of the trades you are complaining about. That’s not me saying BC is any good, but we’re still harping on NH moves?

          Musgrove got them Bednar… Who we all know what success that was. On top of Endy Rodriguez who while I’m out on a lot of people still like him. Musgrove has been good, but does he really make the last 5 years a team that can contend? No. We both know that.

          I’m a Pirates fan and it’s a lazy comment. Every business owner is trying to get as much money as they can. Like it or not this is a business, not an XBOX franchise. I’m not saying Nutting is a good owner, but he sure is one helluva business man.

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        • DirtyDavis

          18 hours ago

          Disagree. He’s a god awful owner and he didn’t trade Keller to save face. Record setting deal and then trade it a year in? He got too much heat from the fans. You’re not a Pirates fan or you would see this. We are literally the yanks, Astros and Cubs farm system. It’s not a GM thing, it’s a Pirate thing. Dates way back. like Aramis Ramirez we get to watch Ke’Bryan Hayes go off now. It’s going to happen. They don’t develop players. You can’t miss on every prospect like they do, it impossible. (Skenes was already this good)

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        • NYCityRiddler

          18 hours ago

          Nutting, Nutting, he’s our man!
          (Clap, clap, clap)
          We’ll never win we understand!
          (Clap, clap, clap)
          Nutting, Nutting, he’s our man!
          (Clap, clap, clap)
          He tells his fans we don’t give a damn!
          Ahahahahahahahahaha!

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        • hottakesonly

          18 hours ago

          He didn’t trade Keller because there’s no need. He’s going to get more for him in the off-season to begin with, I am a Pirates fan, I’m just smarter than going with the typical cheap owner rhetoric. If he did trade Keller, you’d probably complain about the return! You people always do. In the last 5 season the Pirates have made exactly 8 players to the Cubs, Astros, or Yankees, not including Bednar, they are
          Shendrick Apostel
          Clay Holmes
          Cash Considerations
          Cash Considerations
          International bonus pool space
          JT Brubaker
          Gilberto Celestino
          and a PTBNL.

          Heck of a farm system we got for them huh!?!?
          Once again a LAZY comment with no backing to it whatsoever. KeBryan Hayes isn’t going to go off the guy can barely swing a bat. He may get a slight uptick because GABP is a bandbox otherwise the dudes what he is a glove first no bat 3B. Useless.

          Not developing player is a WHOLE different issue than you always claiming trades are bad for no reason. I mean still crying about the ’03 Ramirez move is a joke tbh. It has absolutely zero implications on today’s team outside of the idiot fans who love to complain.

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        • hottakesonly

          18 hours ago

          I shouldn’t of said 8 players 8 transactions is more like it.

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        • DirtyDavis

          18 hours ago

          The “cheap owner” is sugar coating what he is. He literally sold bricks to the fans and then threw them all in a dumpster! It’s pitiful ripping off fans. Ke’Bryan’s Defense alone paid his $8 million salary l. The guy literally has save the most runs in MLB from ANY position. Pirates been rebuilding for 40 years! Even in the wildcard years, they didn’t have a chance and wouldn’t add payroll at the deadline.

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        • hottakesonly

          17 hours ago

          You think decorative bricks were going to last forever? I mean my god crying about a brick is absolutely insane. $8M on defense? He was great but there’s not an $8M defensive player in the WORLD. Top in the league? Funny that 4 players have a better DRS so that says otherwise…

          Lol cry about it. Stop going to games. Pick a new team. You literally haven’t had anything to back up except talking points.. ‘Farm team’ debunked. ‘Bad at trading’ debunked.

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        • WashedUpOldTimer

          15 hours ago

          Just the way the owner treats fans, hottakes
          The bricks were supposed to be lifetime, no matter the reality. The bobble heads. The Clemente sign. Here’s a guy that does business in a taxpayer funded palace and feels no civic obligation to invest in team, but he did invest in developing areas around PNC to bring more fans and money in
          It’s all about diversions. Come see our park, our fireworks, our food areas, our pierogi races and hot dog launches. Winning baseball? Let’s talk about Bring Your Dog to PNC Night instead. And exit velocities. It’s all about exit velocities
          Get over it? If you tried to destroy a franchise, you couldn’t do a better job
          As for Hayes, glad to see him go
          In fact, from front office on down it’s time to burn it all down and start over. Again.

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        • DirtyDavis

          9 seconds ago

          Well said.

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  15. CIPERSPECTIVE

    19 hours ago

    Yankees clearly have the overhyped,undertalented type of prospects the Pirates covet so,yes, a deal is possible.

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    • TheMan 3

      19 hours ago

      The asking price for Bednar is one top prospect and 2 major league ready position players
      This isn’t the same administration who traded Pirates top prospects in return for bums

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      • DirtyDavis

        18 hours ago

        Ur “hot takes” don’t even make sense and they’re boring, anyone can google bro. You really don’t have a clue. The “cheap owner” is sugar coating what he is. He literally sold bricks to the fans and then threw them all in a dumpster! It’s pitiful ripping off fans. Ke’Bryan’s Defense alone paid his $8 million salary l. The guy literally has save the most runs in MLB from ANY position.

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    • WashedUpOldTimer

      19 hours ago

      But do they have the prospects with great ability, who’ll come to the Pirates farm system, fester, and never be heard from again?

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  16. Big Poison

    19 hours ago

    Spencer Jones isn’t enough for Bednar.

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    • mlbnyyfan

      19 hours ago

      Yankees should have gone all in for Miller

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    • Begamin

      19 hours ago

      How are you actually coming to this conclusion? Bednar, for as good as he has been, is still just a RP worth 1 WAR. You dont move a just about MLB ready top prospect like Jones for a RP who struggled last year majorly and only has 1.5 years of control. There should be some sort of requirement before youre allowed to comment on here lol your take belongs on a Yahoo sports comment section

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      • HatlessPete

        19 hours ago

        Begamin it’s nice to see another person of sense commenting on this thread lol.

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      • WashedUpOldTimer

        18 hours ago

        Wouldn’t know Spencer Jones if he bumped into me in the street but I do know Bednar is likely the Pirates most valuable piece for a contending club. No, they shouldn’t get a huge haul but conversely, why do so many fans believe the Pirates should just give players away?

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        • HatlessPete

          18 hours ago

          Literally not saying that. And they got at least one solid prospect in Flores per the recent update. Pitt fans have been overvaluing bednar if they actually thought he was gonna get a top ranked prospect from any team. Him being the most valuable trade chip on the pirates says more about the pirates’ roster than it does bednar’s market value irl.

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        • WashedUpOldTimer

          18 hours ago

          Pete, I disagree somewhat. On one hand you’re right about the roster. No argument, although Skenes and Keller may present an argument
          But again, any team in contention that needs a closer right now would do well to get him. And to do so, pay a price. Closers aren’t essential?

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        • HatlessPete

          18 hours ago

          Tbc i meant that bednar was the best chip the bucs were actually showing a willingness to deal rn. Closers are valuable but bednar just didn’t have the valuation package to get a top ranked prospect. And relievers by their nature just don’t have the potential to add overall value to a team comparable to an above average starting pitcher or position player. The pirates got a good but not top prospect from the yanks and a couple lottery tickets/org depth guys, which is a reasonable price for a reliever with his track record and remaining control imo. Clearly no competing team was offering a prospect the pirates liked better than flores.

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        • WashedUpOldTimer

          18 hours ago

          So what do you think about this trade?

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        • HatlessPete

          17 hours ago

          I like it on the whole. As I said in my prior comment I think it was a fair price. And despite what certain rabid pirates stans are saying to me in other threads rn, I think bednar is a quality addition to my yanks. Hopefully he will handle the change of scenery well.

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        • WashedUpOldTimer

          17 hours ago

          I’m sure he will. Again, he’s a bulldog. No doubt he’ll flourish there

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        • HatlessPete

          16 hours ago

          Thanks I hope you’re right!

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  17. tiger9

    19 hours ago

    Yes….the Tigers have already signed three underwhelming relievers.

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  18. charlesk

    19 hours ago

    Paging Blue Jays GM Ross Atkins, the trade deadline is in four hours. You need Bednar.

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    • mlbnyyfan

      19 hours ago

      I like what I see from Schittler. Put him in the ninth inning and let him blow people away

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    • TheMan 3

      19 hours ago

      Who does the Padres have that the Pirates want
      If they aren’t going to offer a top prospect, your team won’t get him

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  19. cwsOverhaul

    19 hours ago

    Whatever pitchers Pirates deal, squeeze for offense be it Bednar or Keller (despite the latter may be kept even though he shouldn’t be if 2 good bats are offered in limited SP market).

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  20. Mickey Steverman

    19 hours ago

    Keep on buying and buying and buying you desperate pigs you only won the AL by default last year but enjoy year 16 in a row of no titles.

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    • billy09

      19 hours ago

      LMAO keep thinking the owner of the team you love is too poor to spend money

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      19 hours ago

      You need a hug.

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  21. YankeesBleacherCreature

    19 hours ago

    Devin Williams can’t close anymore and Mason Miller is off the board.

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  22. Brassroo

    19 hours ago

    My guess is NYY offering Flores and Riggio.

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  23. whyhayzee

    19 hours ago

    Boonedoggle will burn him up in about three weeks, maybe a month.

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  24. joew

    19 hours ago

    IMO: Jones’s stock has risen and probably out of reach for a reliever he still is my primary target and really the only one I’ve looked at more than on ‘paper’

    Dominguez too but i doubt that is a realistic option.

    Cunningham, Flores, Pereira also caught my interest on paper.

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  25. Zippy the Pinhead

    19 hours ago

    Wondering: with the Mariners clearly in the market for a late-inning reliever, why aren’t they in on Bednar?

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  26. Frankie Bani

    19 hours ago

    Cashman will come empty, the best are gone

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  27. Mollysdad15

    19 hours ago

    Yankee fans want Cashman to make all these moves but only want to give up their garbage.

    It’s a sellers market, you want something good it needs to hurt some

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  28. HiredGun23

    19 hours ago

    According to ESPN, Bednar is headed to New York pending a physical.

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  29. smrtbusnisman04a

    19 hours ago

    We need a Majors ready Hitter who can jolt this offense!

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  30. judgementday99

    19 hours ago

    Done Pending Physical, I hope Cashman isnt done now

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    • Tugboat54

      18 hours ago

      I hope he fails. This trade sucks for the Pirates.

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  31. Logjammer D'Baggagecling

    19 hours ago

    The pirates are like a 2nd Triple A affiliate to the Yankees.
    Tallion
    Gerrit Cole
    AJ Burnett
    Bednar
    There’s probably more.
    I know not all of them were acquired via trades

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    • Begamin

      17 hours ago

      I mean Cole went to another team before the Yankee and Burnett went to the Pirates after his stint with the Yankees. A better example would be Xavier Nady or Clay Holmes

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      • Logjammer D'Baggagecling

        17 hours ago

        That’s why I’m also said I know not all of them were acquired via trades

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        • Begamin

          13 hours ago

          Yeah I get you but AJ Burnett is an example of the opposite lol Pirates taking from the Yankees

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