{"id":110819,"date":"2025-08-01T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110819\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T17:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T17:32:09","slug":"pirates-gm-makes-surprising-admission-about-david-bednar-trade-to-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/110819\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates GM makes surprising admission about David Bednar trade to Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Bednar was one of a handful of closers dealt at the trade deadline, with the likes of Mason Miller<\/a>, who went from the A\u2019s to the Padres, and Jhoan Duran<\/a> \u2014 shipped from the Twins to the Phillies \u2014 netting prospects that pop out on league-wide rankings lists.<\/p>\n

Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said he had a chance to land a prospect of similar standing for Bednar, but he isntead preferred the Yankees\u2019 package<\/a> which consisted of their No. 8 prospect, catcher Rafael Flores, catcher\/first baseman Edgleen Perez (No. 14) and unranked outfielder Brian Sanchez.<\/p>\n

None of these players were ranked inside a consensus prospect board\u2019s top-100 list.<\/p>\n

David Bednar heads to the Yankees in a big trade. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had access to players who were ranked in the way that you were describing,\u201d Cherington told reporters after the trade deadline<\/a>. \u201cWe did, and we preferred this package. Obviously, every team is going to assess the players a little bit differently, and sometimes, that could be different from the public rankings also. It was our estimation \u2014 and our opinion \u2014 that this was not just a really strong collection of talent to get for David Bednar, but also the best one that we had access to in this market.\u201d<\/p>\n

The admission may leave some scratching their heads \u2014 and Cherington is facing increased pressure in his sixth season as Pirates GM with fans clamoring for a winner around electric ace Paul Skenes.<\/p>\n

The Pirates, coming off consecutive 76-86 seasons, sit in last place in the NL Central at 47-62.<\/p>\n

Pirates general manager Ben Cherington admitted that the Yankees\u2019 offer for Bednar wasn\u2019t as lucrative as others. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Prospect rankings are not the be-all-end-all in terms of value and, especially in baseball, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.<\/p>\n

But none of the Yankees\u2019 minor leaguers that went out for Bednar were even close to being top-100 minor prospects.<\/p>\n

It is not clear what teams were offering touted prospects for Bednar, who is under team control through 2026.<\/p>\n

It is unlikely that the Yankees were willing to part with their prospects that fit the top-100 criteria, which include Triple-A stud outfielder Spencer Jones<\/a>, Double-A infielder George Lombard Jr. and Double-A pitcher Carlos Lagrange.<\/p>\n

The Phillies were in the mix for Bednar and may have been willing to deal a true top prospect for the closer, but they opted to send catcher Eduardo Tait (No. 56 overall) and pitcher Mick Abel to Minnesota for Duran, who has 2 1\/2 years of team control remaining.<\/p>\n

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman also swung trades for Giants closer Camillo Doval<\/a> and Rockies fireballer Jake Bird<\/a> to bolster what should be a strong bullpen down the stretch.<\/p>\n

Brian Cashman had an active trade deadline. MLB Photos via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Bednar has been excellent for the Pirates this year after a rough start that saw him sent to the minors, pitching to a 2.37 ERA (1.74 ERA since May 1) with 51 strikeouts in 38 innings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Bednar was one of a handful of closers dealt at the trade deadline, with the likes of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":110820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[48428,1266,52993,2228,1886,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-110819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-brian-cashman","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-mlb-trade-deadline","11":"tag-new-york-yankees","12":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114954708404955357","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}