Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	# 367
VBR	# 648	# 623

Projections

Strikeouts	14	20
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.46
WHIP	1.44	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 348

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	31.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	36	26

Earned Runs	20	15

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	31	29

Walks	11	12

ERA	5.93	4.35

WHIP	1.55	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	20

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	17.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	13	15

Earned Runs	6	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	14	20

Walks	6	9

ERA	4.15	4.46

WHIP	1.44	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Rays placed Craig Kimbrel on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - NYY			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#277
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Jake Bird (2026)

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