Bednar agrees to $4.51 million deal with Pirates and Mitch Keller to $5,442,500 contract

By: The Associated Press Posted: 3:32 PM CST Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 Last Modified: 4:05 PM CST Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates avoided arbitration with All-Star closer David Bednar and All-Star pitcher Mitch Keller by agreeing to one-year deals Thursday ahead of the exchange of proposed salaries.

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Bednar, an All-Star in each of the last two seasons, will get $4.51 million. He went 3-3 with 39 saves and a 2.00 ERA last season.

Keller, an All-Star in 2023 while going 13-9 with a 4.21 ERA, will earn $5.442,500.

FILE - Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Sept. 20, 2023, in Chicago. Keller agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Pirates, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, to avoid arbitration. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Pittsburgh also reached agreements with first baseman Connor Joe at $2,125,000 and outfielder Edward Olivares at $1.35 million. Olivares was acquired in a trade with Kansas City last month.

On Wednesday, the Pirates came to terms with right-handed pitcher JT Brubaker on a one-year deal worth $2,275,000. Brubaker, Pittsburgh’s opening-day starter in 2022, Brubaker missed all of last season after Tommy John surgery last April.