Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 568	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.44
WHIP	1.41	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 289	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.0	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	32	1

Earned Runs	15	1

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	30	1

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.50	4.50

WHIP	1.37	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	18

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	21.5	8.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	20	8

Earned Runs	10	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	22	7

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.05	4.44

WHIP	1.41	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
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			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Jake Bird (2026)

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