Drew Smith or Jake Bird

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Drew Smith or Jake Bird Player Statistics
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	44

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	38.2

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	3

Holds	‐	7

Hits Allowed	‐	42

Earned Runs	‐	23

Home Runs Allowed	‐	6

Strikeouts	‐	41

Walks	‐	13

ERA	‐	5.35

WHIP	‐	1.42

Drew Smith or Jake Bird Player Projections
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	34	51

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	33.9	54.6

Wins	2	3

Losses	2	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	2	10

Hits Allowed	31	49

Earned Runs	19	26

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	35	57

Walks	15	23

ERA	5.14	4.25

WHIP	1.36	1.33

Drew Smith or Jake Bird Player Notes
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th	Jake Bird is being traded along with three other prospects to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd
		The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Drew Smith or Jake Bird Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Smith RP - FA	Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th		@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th		@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Mon, Mar 30th		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#233
Wed, Apr 1st		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#141
Sat, Apr 4th		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#13
Sun, Apr 5th		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 6th		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#123
Wed, Apr 8th		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Fri, Apr 10th		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#78
Thu, Apr 16th		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th		vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#54
Sat, Apr 18th		vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th		vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 20th		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 23rd		vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#221
Fri, Apr 24th		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#157
Sat, Apr 25th		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#246
Sun, Apr 26th		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#157
Tue, Apr 28th		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#47
Wed, Apr 29th		@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#101
Thu, Apr 30th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#29
Fri, May 1st		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Tue, May 5th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#44
Wed, May 6th		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#99
Thu, May 7th		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#124
Sun, May 10th		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#48
Tue, May 12th		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#350
Wed, May 13th		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#189
Thu, May 14th		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#49
Fri, May 15th		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#51
Sat, May 16th		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#216
Sun, May 17th		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#178
Mon, May 18th		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59
Tue, May 19th		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#24
Wed, May 20th		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#154
Thu, May 21st		vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#101
Fri, May 22nd		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Sun, May 24th		@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#247
Mon, May 25th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75
Tue, May 26th		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#72
Wed, May 27th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#15
Fri, May 29th		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th		vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#45
Sun, May 31st		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#145
Wed, Jun 3rd		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th		@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#71
Sat, Jun 6th		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#35
Mon, Jun 8th		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th		@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th		vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)
Tue, Jun 16th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th		@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th		@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#25
Sun, Jun 21st		@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#55
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#125
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Jun 24th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#41
Sat, Jun 27th		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#178
Sun, Jun 28th		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Jun 29th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186
Wed, Jul 8th		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#279
Fri, Jul 10th		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#183
Sat, Jul 11th		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th		vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 17th		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sat, Jul 18th		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#335
Mon, Jul 20th		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#357
Tue, Jul 21st		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#356
Fri, Jul 24th		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sun, Jul 26th		vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#284
Mon, Jul 27th		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 28th		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#172
Wed, Jul 29th		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Fri, Jul 31st		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st		@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#247
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#221
Mon, Aug 3rd		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#70
Tue, Aug 4th		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Aug 5th		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#233
Thu, Aug 6th		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#340
Sat, Aug 8th		vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#49
Sun, Aug 9th		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#350
Tue, Aug 11th		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Wed, Aug 12th		vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th		vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Fri, Aug 14th		@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sat, Aug 15th		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 16th		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59
Tue, Aug 18th		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#155
Wed, Aug 19th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#102
Thu, Aug 20th		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st		@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#56
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#124
Mon, Aug 24th		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#354
Tue, Aug 25th		vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#361
Wed, Aug 26th		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#364
Thu, Aug 27th		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#356
Fri, Aug 28th		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#48
Sun, Aug 30th		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#124
Mon, Aug 31st		vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#202
Tue, Sep 1st		vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#179
Wed, Sep 2nd		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#198
Fri, Sep 4th		@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#57
Sat, Sep 5th		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#13
Sun, Sep 6th		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#74
Mon, Sep 7th		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#50
Tue, Sep 8th		@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#61
Wed, Sep 9th		@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#338
Fri, Sep 11th		vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#91
Sat, Sep 12th		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#187
Sun, Sep 13th		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#82
Tue, Sep 15th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#3
Wed, Sep 16th		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#12
Fri, Sep 18th		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#76
Sat, Sep 19th		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Sun, Sep 20th		@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#168
Mon, Sep 21st		@ DET	River Ryan
Tue, Sep 22nd		@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#97
Wed, Sep 23rd		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#40
Fri, Sep 25th		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#154
Sat, Sep 26th		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#59
Sun, Sep 27th		vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#149