David Bednar

Bats L Throws R6'1" 250 lbBorn 1994 Pittsburgh, USADebut 2019Team NYY2x All-StarDraft 2016 R35 #1044 San Diego Padres, Lafayette CollegeContract 1 y/$9M (26) 2026: $9,000,000

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	216	29.2	7.6	2.57	20.6	6.23	110.2
2027							108.3
2028							107.9

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 30

His ten closest age-30 comparables averaged 94 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	AJ Ramos	2017	110.9	88.3	88
2	Michael Wuertz	2009	111.8	97.4	171
3	David Riske	2007	110.1	87.0	193
4	Taylor Rogers	2021	111.0	96.7	274
5	Jon Rauch	2009	109.1	107.2	245
6	Scott Linebrink	2007	109.5	111.2	186
7	Raisel Iglesias	2020	112.1	118.4	273
8	Ramon Ramirez	2012	109.7	36.0	29
9	Pedro Baez	2018	109.5	125.2	276
10	Joel Payamps	2024	108.8	74.6	117

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	NYY	64	0	0
2024	PIT	62	0	0
2023	PIT	66	0	0
2022	PIT	45	0	0
2021	PIT	61	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.6
2020	SD	4	0	0
2019	SD	13	0	0
Career		315	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-115.6

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									216				108.3
2026*									227				132.1	100.1	132.2
2025	NYY	6	5	2.30	64	0	27	62.7	251	4	19	86	118.7	97.8	116.5
2024	PIT	3	8	5.77	62	0	23	57.7	262	9	28	58	97.7	98.5	96.2
2023	PIT	3	3	2.00	66	0	39	67.3	277	3	21	80	117.4	105.5	122.8
2022	PIT	3	4	2.61	45	0	19	51.7	210	4	16	69	111.5	99.1	110.6
2021	PIT	3	1	2.23	61	0	3	60.7	237	5	19	77	119.5	100.3	119.8
2020	SD	0	0	7.11	4	0	0	6.3	32	1	2	5	72.6	95.5	68.1
2019	SD	0	2	6.55	13	0	0	11.0	48	3	5	14	92.3	102.8	95.1
Career		18	23	3.15	315	0	111	317.3	1317	29	110	389	111.2		111.5

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	1					0.0	50.0	0.000	0.000	0.000

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	P	64	63	6	0	0	0	1.000	-0.7
2024	PIT	P	62	58	4	2	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2023	PIT	P	66	67	1	9	1	1	0.909	+1.8
2022	PIT	P	45	52	0	2	0	1	1.000	-0.2
2021	PIT	P	61	61	2	3	0	0	1.000	+0.1
2020	SD	P	4	6	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.2
2019	SD	P	13	11	1	1	0	1	1.000	+0.2

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2019	AA	Amarillo Sod Poodles	Pit	240	58.0 IP, 36% K	2.95
2018	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	301	69.1 IP, 32% K	2.74
2017	A+	Lake Elsinore Storm	Pit	119	27.2 IP, 26% K	3.64
2017	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Pit	131	33.2 IP, 38% K	1.90
2016	A	Fort Wayne TinCaps	Pit	88	21.0 IP, 28% K	3.43

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000			0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2025	0	0	1.50	5	0	2	6.0	3	0	1	9	0.67
Career	0	0	1.50	5	0	2	6.0	3	0	1	9	0.67