The New York Yankees have sent one of their trade deadline additions to the minors. Right-hander Jake Bird, who came over from the Colorado Rockies prior to last Thursday's deadline, was optioned to Triple-A,

David Bednar is 2-5 with 17 saves and a 2.37 ERA this season. Camilo Doval is a fireballer who averages 98.1 mph.

That could have been the soundtrack for pitchers David Bednar and Jake Bird, two relievers on last-place teams who ran into each other unexpectedly in the Denver airport early Friday morning and boarded a flight to Miami to join the Yankees, who acquired them at the trade deadline Thursday.