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New York Post
· collected 2026-10-05 · by Mark W. Sanchez
The Yankees bullpen has unexpectedly performed well in the postseason despite preseason concerns about its strength. Through three games against the Red Sox and Rays, relievers have allowed just one run on two hits and three walks over 8 ²/₃ innings. Manager Aaron Boone praised Ryan Weathers for his efficient performance after a recent injury, suggesting he could be crucial moving forward. The article highlights specific contributions from players like David Bednar, Paul Blackburn, and Brent Headrick while noting the bullpen's overall effectiveness in limited appearances.
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Through the first three postseason games, the Yankees bullpen has surprisingly thrived despite preseason concerns about its weakness. From April to August 3, expectations were high for the Yankees to bolster their relief corps, but General Manager Brian Cashman chose instead to trust incumbent players and internal options. Despite some hiccups—like Clarke Schmidt's brief appearance before injury and Fernando Cruz being on the 60-day injured list—the bullpen has allowed only one run in 8 ²/₃ innings during the playoffs so far. Key relievers like David Bednar and Paul Blackburn have been particularly effective, contributing to a clean and efficient performance that contrasts with earlier doubts about the team's relief pitching.
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Through three postseason games, what looked to be a weak link for the Yankees has not been.
asserted
looked → look → Yankees
For the first four months of the season and right up until Aug. 3, the Yankees were expected to upgrade a bullpen that looked as if it needed help, and then they didn’t.
asserted
they → expect → help
In a stunner, GM Brian Cashman subtracted rather than added, putting his faith in the incumbents and mostly internal options.
asserted
Cashman → subtract → incumbents
Try it freeMany of those options did not work out.
asserted
Try → try → options
Clarke Schmidt pitched in one game before returning to the injured list.
asserted
Schmidt → pitch → list
Luis Gil’s stuff did not play up.
asserted
stuff → play → ?
They brought in Michael Fulmer, who did not pitch himself onto the playoff roster, and John Schreiber, who did not pitch himself into playoff leverage.
asserted
who → bring → leverage
And yet through these first three games — two wins over the Red Sox and a loss to the Rays — the Yankees bullpen has allowed one run on two hits and three walks in 8 ²/₃ innings.
asserted
bullpen → allow → innings
David Bednar and Paul Blackburn have remained untouchable.
asserted
Bednar → remain → ?
Brent Headrick’s stuff may have taken a step back, but he has still been effective in limited time.
uncertain
he → take → time
And perhaps the most encouraging takeaway from Saturday’s 1-0 loss was Ryan Weathers looking strong in a nine-pitch sixth inning that featured three groundouts to first base.
asserted
that → look → base
“Really good to see Weathers come in there and just throw strikes, induce weak contact, have a clean, efficient, short inning,” manager Aaron Boone said Sunday of Weathers, who missed six weeks with a flexor strain and returned as a reliever rather than a starter.
asserted
who → see → reliever
“Again, I think he can be massive for us in the postseason.”
asserted
he → think → postseason
After the loss, Weathers said he felt normal, healthy and strong enough that he believed he would be available Monday on one day of rest.
asserted
he → say → rest
The Yankees could use him not just because he had emerged as the season wore on — posting a 1.29 ERA in his final six starts before the injury — but because Boone has shown less faith in an overworked Headrick.
uncertain
Boone → use → Headrick
The team’s top lefty all season has only recorded two playoff outs, the second of which came Saturday.
asserted
second → record → which
After Blackburn (1 ²/₃ scoreless innings) walked Junior Caminero with two outs in the eighth, Headrick entered to face Liam Hicks and walked him.
asserted
Headrick → walk → him
With a fastball that averaged 92.6 mph — and had averaged 94.1 mph during the regular season — Headrick induced a hard-hit groundout from Chandler Simpson to escape.
asserted
Headrick → average → Simpson
“Pitching absolutely did their job really, really well,” said Boone, who watched the lineup become the biggest problem instead.
asserted
lineup → do → job
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