# Brian Cashman ‘not afraid’ to buck Yankees trend for David Bednar

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/brian-cashman-not-afraid-to-buck-yankees-trend-for-david-bednar/
- Published: 2026-11-12T01:39:44+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T02:24:00+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/11/sports/brian-cashman-not-afraid-to-buck-yankees-trend-for-david-bednar/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Cashman is open to a major investment in David Bednar.
- Bednar may reject a $23.15 million qualifying offer.
- The Yankees face major gaps in their 2027 bullpen.

## Summary

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman says he is willing to spend heavily on a reliever, and David Bednar could be the test of that approach this off-season. Bednar is expected to reject the Yankees’ qualifying offer and enter free agency, where he is among the leading relief options; retaining him could address a major gap in New York’s bullpen.

The qualifying offer is worth $23.15 million for one year, while Devin Williams received a three-year, $51 million deal from the Mets last winter, a potential guide to Bednar’s market. The Yankees have not made a comparable major investment in a reliever since Zack Britton and Aroldis Chapman, whose deals did not end well. With only left-handed reliever Brent Headrick guaranteed to return in 2027, Cashman says the bullpen is probably the team’s biggest need; rival option Adrian Morejon could cost more and bring draft-pick and international bonus penalties.

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