2025 Stats
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Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
What a difference one year makes. After recording 39 saves and making his second straight All-Star team in 2023, Bednar struggled to a 5.77 ERA and 1.42 WHIP last season. The right-hander had a rough start to the campaign, allowing 14 earned runs in his first 13 outings, nearly matching his full-season total the year prior. Perhaps he wasn't fully recovered from the lat injury he suffered during spring training, but Bednar eventually settled in, pitching lights out for about a month before succumbing to a strained left oblique in June. Bednar returned a few weeks later, but so did his struggles. By the end of August, Pittsburgh removed him from closing duties and he never regained the role, pitching in low-leverage scenarios for the rest of the season. Pirates GM Ben Cherington recently indicated Bednar could reclaim the closer role in 2025, especially if he looks more like his former self this spring. If health permits, he's a prime CL2 target with CL1 upside. Read Past Outlooks
Takes Opening Day loss
Bednar (0-1) was charged with the loss in Thursday's contest against the Marlins after he allowed one earned run off two hits and one walk while failing to record an out.
ANALYSIS
Bednar was called out of the bullpen in the bottom of the ninth with the game tied 4-4, and he surrendered the lead on just eight pitches via a triple, an intentional walk and a single. The 30-year-old opened the season as Pittsburgh's presumed closer despite his 5.77 ERA last year, and though Thursday wasn't a save situation, his rocky start to 2025 puts him on even shakier ground.
Bednar was called out of the bullpen in the bottom of the ninth with the game tied 4-4, and he surrendered the lead on just eight pitches via a triple, an intentional walk and a single. The 30-year-old opened the season as Pittsburgh's presumed closer despite his 5.77 ERA last year, and though Thursday wasn't a save situation, his rocky start to 2025 puts him on even shakier ground.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
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Last 10 Games
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-6%
BAA vs LHP
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Even Split
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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| Since 2023vs Left | .221 | 65 | 28 | 49 | 8 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .236 | 73 | 22 | 60 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Left | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .214 | 26 | 15 | 22 | 7 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .258 | 32 | 13 | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .220 | 39 | 12 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .209 | 41 | 9 | 27 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-8%
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| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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| Since 2023Home | 3.95 | 1.24 | 68.1 | 9.9 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.65 | 1.31 | 56.2 | 10.0 | 4.3 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 0.00 | 0.00 | .000000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 5.40 | 1.38 | 33.1 | 8.4 | 4.1 | ||||
| 2024Away | 6.29 | 1.48 | 24.1 | 10.0 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 2.57 | 1.11 | 35.0 | 11.3 | 2.1 | ||||
| 2023Away | 1.39 | 1.08 | 32.1 | 10.0 | 3.6 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does David Bednar compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
0.00K/9
0.0BB/9
0.0HR/9
0.0Fastball
96.3 mphERA
0.00WHIP
0.00BABIP
1.000GB/FB
0.00Left On Base
66.7%Exit Velocity
0.0 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
0 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
0.0%Swinging Strike
16.7%Prospect Rankings History
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Bednar established career-highs across multiple categories last season, including games played (66), innings pitched (67.1), ERA (2.00) and strikeouts (80). He more than doubled his previous career-high with 39 saves (T-2nd in the majors) and made his second straight All-Star team. Bednar was also top 8 among qualified relievers in both WPA (3.51) and gmLI (1.87). Perhaps most importantly, he stayed healthy all season. The combination of these factors should pay off for Bednar as his arbitration window begins and the Pirates become more competitive in the National League. Bednar's 83% team save share was 3rd-highest among closers last season and he enters 2024 with very high security due to the lack of competition within his own bullpen. His consistency from year to year makes him a bonafide top 10 closer with the ceiling to be top 5. The only thing holding him back is his strikeout and walk rates are above average, not quite elite.
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Cleaning performance up
Bednar has thrown two scoreless innings with a 3:0 K:BB across his last two Grapefruit League outings.
ANALYSIS
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Closer still not named
Bednar is presumed to begin the season the Pirates' closer, but manager Derek Shelton elected not to officially name the team's closer Sunday, Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
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Implodes against Twins
Bednar allowed five earned runs on three hits and two walks across one-third of an inning during Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the Twins.
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Manager not naming closer yet
When asked Tuesday by Foul Territory TV whether Bednar was his closer, Pirates manager Derek Shelton said, "we're not ready to say that."
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Favorite for saves
Bednar is expected to begin the 2025 season as the Pirates' closer, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.
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Option to close in 2025
Pirates GM Ben Cherington said Wednesday that Bednar could reclaim the closer role in 2025, reports Alex Stumpf of MLB.com.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander had a rough start to the campaign with 14 earned runs given up in his first 13 outings, which nearly matched his full-season total of 15 earned runs allowed in 2023. Bednar never fully got on track in 2024 and finished with a 5.77 ERA, 1.42 WHIP and 58:28 K:BB across 57.2 innings while converting 23 of 30 save chances. Given the 29-year-old's 2.25 ERA and 61 saves from 2021 to 2023, Bednar should get another chance to close in 2025 if he looks more like his former self during spring training.
The right-hander had a rough start to the campaign with 14 earned runs given up in his first 13 outings, which nearly matched his full-season total of 15 earned runs allowed in 2023. Bednar never fully got on track in 2024 and finished with a 5.77 ERA, 1.42 WHIP and 58:28 K:BB across 57.2 innings while converting 23 of 30 save chances. Given the 29-year-old's 2.25 ERA and 61 saves from 2021 to 2023, Bednar should get another chance to close in 2025 if he looks more like his former self during spring training.