Jake Bird or Matt Festa

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Jake Bird or Matt Festa Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	66	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	66.2	38.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	7	7

Hits Allowed	66	42

Earned Runs	27	23

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	69	41

Walks	21	13

ERA	3.65	5.35

WHIP	1.31	1.42

Jake Bird or Matt Festa Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	58	51

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	58.1	54.6

Wins	3	3

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	12	10

Hits Allowed	52	49

Earned Runs	27	26

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	58	57

Walks	22	23

ERA	4.24	4.25

WHIP	1.27	1.33

Jake Bird or Matt Festa Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
		The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
		The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
		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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Jake Bird or Matt Festa Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#13	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#81	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#185	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-8)	#219	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#176	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (7-8)	#16	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#149	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#18	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#8	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#159	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#247	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#26	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#264	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#150	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#184	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#98	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#212	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (3-3)	#115	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#57
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#110	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#121	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-13)	#171	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET	River Ryan (0-0)	#75
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91	vs NYM	Jefry Yan
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#56
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#256	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#32
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#151
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70