Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	‐	# 614

Projections

Strikeouts	0	1
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	0.00	3.90
WHIP	0.00	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 304	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 481

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	27

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	30.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	5

Hits Allowed	42	23

Earned Runs	23	18

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	41	29

Walks	13	31

ERA	5.35	5.40

WHIP	1.42	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	0.2	0.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	0	1

Earned Runs	0	0

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	0	1

Walks	0	0

ERA	0.00	3.90

WHIP	0.00	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Connor Phillips RP - CIN
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Reds recalled RHP Connor Phillips from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 22nd
	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Reds optioned RHP Connor Phillips to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Reds right-hander Connor Phillips notched his first career save on Monday against the visiting Pirates. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 31st
	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 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
	Jake Bird RP - WSH			Connor Phillips RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (7-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (6-6)	#201
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#89	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#179
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#188
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (8-7)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#126
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#262
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-10)	#213
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#229
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (5-9)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (2-4)	#156	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#189
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#163
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60	@ NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-6)	#208	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#203
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168	@ PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (16-5)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)
Thu, Jul 9th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-2)	#243
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-12)	#263
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-12)	#187	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#278
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#34
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#223
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49	@ CWS	Sean Burke (11-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-9)	#87
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#245
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-7)	#57	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#35
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#128
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#43
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (12-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#4
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (14-5)	#5	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#71
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM	Jefry Yan		@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#23
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#56	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-8)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-5)	#103
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (4-9)	#127
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET	River Ryan (0-1)	#75

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Phillips for Jake Bird (2026)

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