MIAMI — The Yankees are done with Marcus Stroman. Even after not landing a starting pitcher before Thursday’s trade deadline, the Yankees made the decision Friday to cut Stroman, releasing him from the roster and eating the $5-plus million left on his contract. The move comes just two days before Luis Gil is set to return from the IL to …
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David Bednar was one of a handful of closers dealt at the trade deadline, with the likes of Mason Miller, who went from the A’s to the Padres, and Jhoan Duran — shipped from the Twins to the Phillies — netting prospects that pop out on league-wide rankings lists. Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said he had a chance to …
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The New York Yankees are set to acquire Pittsburgh Pirates closer David Bednar, according to a report from ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic first reported that talks were gaining traction. The trade lands the 30-year-old Bednar in New York to shore up the back-end of the Yankees’ bullpen. The appeal of a Bednar trade with any team …
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If the Yankees and Mets make it all the way to the end of October for a Subway Series, it will to a large extent be due to the similar philosophy they took at the end of July. Both teams protected the best of their close-to-the-majors farm systems, did not add difference-making starters (or any starters) and instead deepened their …
Read More »NEW YORK (AP) — José Caballero turned an inning-ending double play for the Tampa Bay Rays in the fifth inning, then batted in the sixth. By the bottom of the seventh, he was on the other team. In a strange development even for trade-deadline day around Major League Baseball, the Rays shipped Caballero to the New York Yankees — while …
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Oswald Peraza‘s time in the Bronx is up. According to multiple reports, the Yankees are trading the young infielder to the Los Angeles Angels, minutes before the trade deadline. New York will receive 18-year-old minor league outfielder Wilberson De Pena and international money from the Angels in the return. Advertisement Peraza was a highly touted infield prospect in the Yankees …
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The Yankees now have a bona fide closer, but the team’s prospect pool got thinner in the process. Yankees catching prospects Rafael Flores and Edgleen Perez, along with outfield prospect Brian Sanchez, are heading to the Pirates in exchange for veteran closer David Bednar, The Post’s Jon Heyman reported Thursday. Flores, 24, was ranked as the Yankees’ eighth-best prospect on MLB Pipeline’s list. …
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José Caballero smiled, no longer needing a translator for this answer. “I was winning today regardless,” Caballero said. He started the day on the losing side. He finished on the winning side. Oswald Peraza’s failed Yankees tenure is over. But the Yankees replaced him with a new utilityman — from the opposing dugout — in Caballero. José Caballero hits an …
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The Yankees pulled off quite a buzzer-beater. To beef up their bullpen, the Yankees acquired Giants reliever Camilo Doval just shortly before the 6 p.m. deadline. To complete the trade, the Yankees sent San Francisco four minor league prospects: catcher Jesús Rodríguez, right-handed pitcher Trystan Vrieling, infielder Parks Harber and lefty Carlos de la Rosa. San Francisco Giants pitcher Camilo …
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Jorge CastilloJul 31, 2025, 06:41 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. The New York Yankees upgraded their position player pool with two trades …
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