Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Jake Bird RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 149	# 344
VBR	# 349	# 715

Projections

Strikeouts	9	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.25	4.12
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 125	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 139	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 133	# 300

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 209	# 414

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	67	44

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	79.0	38.2

Wins	13	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	6	3

Holds	15	7

Hits Allowed	70	42

Earned Runs	29	23

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	109	41

Walks	38	13

ERA	3.30	5.35

WHIP	1.37	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.9	3.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	7	3

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	4

Walks	4	2

ERA	3.25	4.12

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	Aaron Ashby will serve as the opener for Friday's game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Aaron Ashby RP - MIL			Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#244	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#138	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#137	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#169	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#38	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#107	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#157	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#16	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#33	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-3)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#194	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#262	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#239	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#204	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#407
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#134
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			vs NYM
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, May 5th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#280
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Ashby for Jake Bird (2026)

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