Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Jake Bird RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 290	# 344
VBR	# 658	# 696

Projections

Strikeouts	6	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.26	4.29
WHIP	1.34	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 337	# 300

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 229	# 414

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	33	44

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	35.1	38.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	2	7

Hits Allowed	37	42

Earned Runs	24	23

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	40	41

Walks	12	13

ERA	6.11	5.35

WHIP	1.39	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.7	3.7

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	3

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	4

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.26	4.29

WHIP	1.34	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	The Pirates recalled LHP Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	The Pirates optioned Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	The Pirates recalled Brandon Eisert from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Pirates optioned LHP Brandon Eisert to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th	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 Pittsburgh Pirates are acquiring infielder Jacob Gonzalez and left-handed reliever Brandon Eisert from the Chicago White Sox for the 34th pick in tomorrow's draft and left-handed reliever Jaden Woods. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Brandon Eisert SP,RP - PIT			Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#390	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#178	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#107	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#166	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#102
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#160	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#180	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#299	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#358
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#391
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#243	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#200
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#125	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#366
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#27	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#427
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#45
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#173
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#185
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#331
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#418
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#151	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#106
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#422
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#83
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Mon, May 18th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Fri, Jul 10th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Eisert for Jake Bird (2026)

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