Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Julian Merryweather (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 21	‐
VBR	# 171	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	28	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	12	‐
ERA	3.33	‐
WHIP	1.19	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 20	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 20	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 20	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 34	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	20	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	33	‐

Earned Runs	12	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	2.42	‐

WHIP	1.05	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	24.6	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	12	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	1	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	9	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	28	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	3.33	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Bednar RP - NYY	Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
News
	David Bednar fired a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Julian Merryweather is starting a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	David Bednar struck out one batter in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 1-0 win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Twins right-hander Julian Merryweather (hamstring) threw a bullpen session on Wednesday and plans to throw another session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	David Bednar struck out one batter while allowing one hit over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Merryweather (hamstring) joined Minnesota as a non-roster invitee. Head trainer Nick Paparesta said Merryweather has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left hamstring strain. Bruno Mulé Thu, Feb 26th
	David Bednar struck out three batters in a scoreless inning to earn the save in the Yankees' 5-2 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th	The Minnesota Twins signed Julian Merryweather to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
	The Yankees activated David Bednar from the paternity list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Bednar RP - NYY			Julian Merryweather RP - MIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

David Bednar for Julian Merryweather (2026)

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