Who Should I Trade?

Brenan Hanifee for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	# 368
VBR	# 628	# 639

Projections

Strikeouts	13	14
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.07
WHIP	1.41	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 349

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 468

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	17

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	30.1	17.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	2

Hits Allowed	36	20

Earned Runs	20	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	31	7

Walks	11	5

ERA	5.93	4.08

WHIP	1.55	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	22

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	20.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	12	21

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	14

Walks	5	6

ERA	4.02	4.07

WHIP	1.41	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Tigers have optioned right-hander Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jun 12th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Tigers recalled Brenan Hanifee from Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Tigers right-hander Brenan Hanifee yielded a hit and an earned run in one inning as the club's opener Friday versus the Blue Jays. Brenton Kemp Sat, May 16th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Tigers optioned Brenan Hanifee to Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th
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 - NYY			Brenan Hanifee RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs KC	Beck Way (1-0)	#411
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Brenan Hanifee for Jake Bird (2026)

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