Relief pitchers tend to be a need for teams around MLB's trade deadline as contenders gear up to make an October run -- and 2025 was no different. The New York Yankees added a trio of relievers in David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Pirates , Camilo Doval from the San Francisco Giants and Jake Bird from the Colorado Rockies to help a bullpen that had posted a 4.89 ERA over the previous two months.

The three relievers debuted last Friday -- and delivered a disaster of "Cutthroat Island" proportions against the Miami Marlins . The Yankees were up 6-0 early and then 9-4 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning -- in which the Marlins scored six runs -- and New York eventually lost 13-12. The newcomers combined to allow nine runs, with Doval blowing the save when he allowed

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