Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 344	‐
VBR	# 882	# 877

Projections

Strikeouts	6	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.08
WHIP	1.51	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	4.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	42	6

Earned Runs	23	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	41	4

Walks	13	4

ERA	5.35	9.64

WHIP	1.42	2.14

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.6	3.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	3

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	3

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.27	4.08

WHIP	1.51	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The reportes plan is for Ben Casparius to enter spring training as a reliever with the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 2nd
	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
	Jake Bird RP - WSH			Ben Casparius SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#159	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#77	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#113	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#387	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#206	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#168
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#385	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#141	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#355	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#205	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#302	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#89	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Casparius for Jake Bird (2026)

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