{"id":20544,"date":"2025-07-31T21:08:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/yankees-bolster-bullpen-doval-bednar-and-bird-arrive-for-the-postseason\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T21:08:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T01:08:38","slug":"yankees-bolster-bullpen-doval-bednar-and-bird-arrive-for-the-postseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/yankees-bolster-bullpen-doval-bednar-and-bird-arrive-for-the-postseason\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Bolster Bullpen: Doval, Bednar, and Bird Arrive for the Postseason"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yankees Strengthen with Key Moves at the Market Close<\/h2>\n\nNew York. The New York Yankees have made strategic moves to strengthen their bullpen, acquiring Camilo Doval, David Bednar, and Jake Bird. These additions aim to consolidate a key aspect of the team heading into the postseason.\n<h2>Doval: Dominican Reinforcement for the Relief<\/h2>\nCamilo Doval, coming from the Giants, arrives at the Yankees after an outstanding career. The Dominican reliever, called to the All-Star Game in 2023, has maintained a high level this season, with an ERA of 3.09 and 50 strikeouts in 46.2 innings.\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bednar: Consistency from Pittsburgh<\/h2>\n\nDavid Bednar, from the Pirates, has shown solidity since his return. With 17 saves in 17 attempts and a streak of 23 consecutive appearances without allowing earned runs, Bednar is emerging as a key piece. His 2.45 ERA and effective curveball make him a valuable asset.\nThe agreement with Pittsburgh included Venezuelan catcher\/first baseman Rafael Flores (club&#8217;s prospect #8), also Venezuelan Edgleen P\u00e9rez (prospect #14) and outfielder Brian S\u00e1nchez.\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bird: Depth and Flexibility from Colorado<\/h2>\n\nJake Bird, coming from the Rockies, adds depth to the bullpen. With an ERA of 4.73 in 53.1 innings and a good performance at home, Bird offers versatility to the team. He will be arbitration-eligible for the first time at the end of the season.\nThe Yankees sent second baseman Roc Riggio (prospect #10) and lefty Ben Shields (system prospect #28) for Bird.\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Competitive Context<\/h2>\n\nThese acquisitions come at a crucial moment for the Yankees, who are looking to strengthen their bullpen. The moves aim to fortify the bullpen ahead of a close fight for the postseason and provide impact options in both the short and medium term.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yankees Strengthen with Key Moves at the Market Close New York. The New York Yankees have made strategic moves to strengthen their bullpen, acquiring Camilo Doval, David Bednar, and Jake Bird. These additions aim to consolidate a key aspect of the team heading into the postseason. Doval: Dominican Reinforcement for the Relief Camilo Doval, coming [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[6661,6626,6662,97],"class_list":{"0":"post-20544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-camilo-doval","9":"tag-david-bednar","10":"tag-jake-bird","11":"tag-yankees"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}