Who Should I Trade?

Cole Winn for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	# 345
VBR	# 779	# 607

Projections

Strikeouts	2	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.10
WHIP	1.18	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 304

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 386	# 414

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cole Winn RP - TEX	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	51	44

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	38.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	3

Holds	9	7

Hits Allowed	55	42

Earned Runs	31	23

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	49	41

Walks	16	13

ERA	5.81	5.35

WHIP	1.48	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cole Winn RP - TEX	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.1	3.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	3

Earned Runs	1	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	3

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.15	4.10

WHIP	1.18	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cole Winn RP - TEX	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	The Rangers placed RHP Cole Winn on the 15-day injured list with a right rotator cuff strain. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	The Rangers activated Cole Winn from the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Cole Winn could be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Rangers sent Cole Winn on a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	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 Rangers placed Cole Winn on the 15-day injured list with right arm fatigue. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th	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
	Cole Winn RP - TEX			Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (2-5)	#130	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#288	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#217	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)		@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#193	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#282	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#331
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#214	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#172
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#179
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#226	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#196
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#204	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#245	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#279	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#208	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134

Who Should I Trade?

Cole Winn for Jake Bird (2026)

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