(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher David Bednar celebrates getting the final out of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Pirates traded closer pitcher David Bednar to the New York Yankees on Thursday for three prospects. The Pirates get a catcher and first baseman, Rafael Flores, a catcher, Edgleen Perez and an outfielder, Brian Sanchez. Bednar, the thirty-year-old right-handed pitcher and two-time MLB All-Star, came back to the Pirates with twenty-three straight games without letting an earned run score after he went to the minor leagues for three weeks in April of 2025 with the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians, which is the team that is the Pirates’ Triple-A minor league affiliate. Bednar, who is also a graduate of Mars Area High School, came to the Pirates as a part of a deal in 2021 between the Pirates, the New York Mets and the San Diego Padres that sent former Pirates pitcher Joe Musgrove to the Padres.