Yankees could target 2-time All-Star in blockbuster deadline trade

The New York Yankees are looking to scope nan World Series again, and adding different elite limb to nan bullpen will not hurt. Luke Weaver and Devin Williams are shaping up to beryllium a bully duo astatine nan backend of nan bullpen, but different limb would help.

Williams struggled astatine nan opening of nan twelvemonth and mislaid nan person domiciled to Weaver. He gained nan domiciled backmost erstwhile Weaver sewage hurt, and is starting to look much for illustration nan pitcher nan Yankees thought they were getting from nan Milwaukee Brewers. The Yankees could usage immoderate amended arms to deploy successful nan mediate innings, and Empire Sports Media's Ryan Garcia suggested they target David Bednar of nan Pittsburgh Pirates.

Bednar was sent to Triple-A aft struggling past play and astatine nan commencement of this year. However, he has been awesome since returning. Since coming backmost to nan large leagues, he has a 2.03 ERA, 10 saves and 3 holds. He could beryllium a awesome summation for nan Yankees, giving them fundamentally 3 closers to deploy successful nan seventh, eighth and ninth innings.

"If nan Yankees could adhd personification for illustration David Bednar to their bullpen, they could person 1 of nan astir ascendant three-headed monsters immoderate bullpen could perchance have," wrote Garcia. "His worldly is elite, his bid has improved, and he’s pitching a batch smarter than we’ve seen successful erstwhile seasons. With power done nan 2026 play and seeing that some Devin Williams and Luke Weaver are free agents, nan Yankees could person built-in security successful nan script that they suffer some of their closers successful nan winter."

The Yankees' bullpen has a 3.56 ERA. It's nan tenth-best people successful nan large leagues, but if nan Yankees want to repetition arsenic American League champions, they request to person a lockdown bullpen.

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Bednar led nan National League successful saves successful 2023. He was an All-Star successful 2022 and 2023 and recorded 58 saves successful that span pinch a 2.27 ERA. He is pitching much for illustration that type of himself correct now.

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