David BednarNYY · RP

2026 review

David Bednar closed for the Yankees all year, a strong strikeout arm who missed bats and avoided hard contact: 35 SV in 64 games with a 2.47 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP in 69.1 IP, striking out a 27.1 K% against a 7.1 BB% over 280 BF. His 15.1 SwStr% over 1154 pitches was the 24th highest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF, and his 25.3 Hard% over 182 BBE was the 25th lowest of the same pool. He went to the paternity list Jun 29 and was back by Jul 2. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 45, he finished 80th of 1472 overall in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 35 spots below, and 6th of 575 relief pitchers. His 2.47 ERA ran 0.41 below his 2.88 xERA over 280 BF, and his best month was Jun at 0.00 ERA in 11.0 IP against 5.56 ERA in 11.1 IP in May. The TDK LABS card tracked a bumpy middle: a runs-allowed stretch flagged in early May, a bounce-back save cited by late May, then an elite scoreless read by late Jun, and by late Sep the role still read clean even as the card noted the recent workload and contact.