Before he took over as the closer of the New York Yankees, before he became the local-boy-turned-All-Star with the Pittsburgh Pirates, David Bednar worked the most important save of his life on an ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — With the Yankees up a run with two outs in the ninth inning Wednesday, manager Aaron Boone’s mind was made up during his walk from the third-base dugout to the Globe Life Field ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Three months before David Bednar was paroled from baseball purgatory with a summer of ’25 trade to the Yankees, the husky, bearded reliever was behind the wheel driving west on I-80 with ...

Anyone who studies baseball knows the cardinal rule of scouting: Never fall in love with a small sample size. It’s the ultimate tease, never to be trusted. That’s why I withheld judgment on David ...