Biography

BIOGRAPHY

David Bednar was born October 10, 1994, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Bednar split the 2016 season between the Tri-City Dust Devils and the Fort Wayne TinCaps, combining to go 4–4 with a 2.32 ERA in 31 innings. He split the 2017 season between Fort Wayne and the Lake Elsinore Storm, going a combined 1–4 with a 2.64 ERA in 60 innings. He spent the 2018 season in Lake Elsinore, going 2–4 with a 2.73 ERA in 69 innings. Bednar played for the San Antonio Missions in the 2018 Texas League playoffs.

On January 19, 2021, Bednar was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of a three-team trade that also sent Omar Cruz, Drake Fellows, Hudson Head, and Endy Rodriguez to the Pirates, Joe Musgrove to the Padres, and Joey Lucchesi to the New York Mets. In his first full season in the major leagues, Bednar was 3–1 with a 2.23 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 61 appearances. Bednar received a single vote in National League Rookie of the Year voting, tying him for eighth place with Vladimir Gutiérrez.