Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Jake Bird RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 344
VBR	# 530	# 715

Projections

Strikeouts	7	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.93	4.12
WHIP	1.28	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 414

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	# 300

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	26	44

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	23.0	38.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	8	7

Hits Allowed	27	42

Earned Runs	15	23

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	25	41

Walks	15	13

ERA	5.87	5.35

WHIP	1.83	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.7	3.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	6	3

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	7	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	3.93	4.12

WHIP	1.28	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	The Astros activated Bennett Sousa from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Bennett Sousa is scheduled to make a rehab appearance on Sunday for Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	The Astros transferred LHP Bennett Sousa to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Bennett Sousa is continuing to advance in his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th	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
	Bennett Sousa began a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bennett Sousa RP - HOU			Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#401	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#91
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#92
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#147
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#390	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#175
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#35
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#185	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#164
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#266
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#360
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#407
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#156
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#161
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#71
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#277
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#358
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#46
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#109
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#13
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#264
Wed, Apr 29th				@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Bennett Sousa for Jake Bird (2026)

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