Who Should I Trade?

Cam Sanders for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 628	# 825

Projections

Strikeouts	13	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.50
WHIP	1.41	1.55

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Cam Sanders RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	11.0

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	36	9

Earned Runs	20	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	31	15

Walks	11	10

ERA	5.93	7.36

WHIP	1.55	1.73

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Cam Sanders RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	15.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	12	14

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	17

Walks	5	10

ERA	4.02	4.50

WHIP	1.41	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Cam Sanders RP - BAL
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Orioles optioned Cam Sanders to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Cam Sanders picked up his first save of the season Saturday against Houston. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 19th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Orioles recalled RHP Cam Sanders from Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Orioles acquired RHP Cam Sanders from the Pirates for cash considerations and optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Pirates optioned Cam Sanders to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
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			Cam Sanders RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#197
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#400
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#263
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#429
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#211
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
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 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Cam Sanders for Jake Bird (2026)

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