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Drew Smith for Jake Bird (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Jake Bird RP - NYY  | Drew Smith RP - MIN  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 281 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 548 | # 873 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 35 | 12 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.98 | 4.30 |
| WHIP | 1.40 | 1.39 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 288 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 369 | ‐ |
| Jake Bird RP - NYY | Drew Smith RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 21 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 17.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 1 | ‐ |
| Losses | 1 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 2 | ‐ |
| Holds | 6 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 17 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 9 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 2 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 19 | ‐ |
| Walks | 5 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.76 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.29 | ‐ |
| Jake Bird RP - NYY | Drew Smith RP - MIN | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 36 | 17 |
| Games Started | 0 | 0 |
| Innings Pitched | 33.7 | 12.8 |
| Wins | 2 | 0 |
| Losses | 2 | 1 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 3 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 30 | 12 |
| Earned Runs | 15 | 6 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 35 | 12 |
| Walks | 14 | 5 |
| ERA | 3.98 | 4.30 |
| WHIP | 1.40 | 1.39 |
| Jake Bird RP - NYY | Drew Smith RP - MIN | |
| News | ||
| The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd | The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th | |
| Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th | Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st | |
| Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th | ||
| The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Jake Bird RP - NYY | Drew Smith RP - MIN | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #100 | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | @ KC | Kris Bubic (3-2) | #77 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 |
| Thu, Apr 2nd | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 | vs TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #164 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIA | Pete Fairbanks | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #54 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 | vs DET | Tarik Skubal (3-2) | #4 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | vs DET | Framber Valdez (2-3) | #25 |
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #70 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | @ TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #263 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #142 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #154 | vs BOS | Garrett Crochet (3-3) | #6 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #408 | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #371 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #30 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 | @ NYM | Christian Scott (0-0) | #105 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #209 | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-3) | #48 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | vs SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #20 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #200 | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #304 | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | @ WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | @ WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #37 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #61 | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs MIA | Braxton Garrett (0-1) | #149 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 | vs MIL | Coleman Crow (0-0) | #191 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #202 | vs MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #61 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | vs MIL | Robert Gasser (0-1) | #185 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 | vs HOU | Tatsuya Imai (2-2) | #159 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs HOU | Jason Alexander (1-1) | #331 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 | vs HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ BOS | Jovani Moran (0-2) | #183 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ CWS | Anthony Kay (4-1) | #182 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #258 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #140 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | @ CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #213 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | @ PIT | Jared Jones | #74 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #98 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs CWS | David Sandlin (1-0) | #213 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | vs KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #108 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | vs KC | Luinder Avila | |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ CLE | @ DET | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ DET | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ TEX | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs CWS | @ TEX | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs CWS | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CIN | @ ARI | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ DET | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ DET | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ DET | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ BOS | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ BOS | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ BOS | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs DET | @ HOU | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs DET | @ HOU | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs DET | @ HOU | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TB | vs CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TB | vs CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TB | vs CLE | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ WSH | vs LAA | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs LAD | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs LAD | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs LAD | @ CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs PIT | @ CLE | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs PIT | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs PIT | @ CLE | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ CLE | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PHI | vs ATH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PHI | vs ATH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PHI | vs ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CWS | vs KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CWS | vs KC | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CWS | vs KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CHC | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CHC | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CHC | @ SEA | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs STL | @ KC | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ KC | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs ATL | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs ATL | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs ATL | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs BAL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs SEA | vs BAL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs SEA | vs BAL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs SEA | vs PHI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ TOR | vs PHI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ TOR | vs PHI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs ATL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ BAL | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ BAL | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs TOR | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs TOR | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs TOR | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs HOU | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs BOS | vs CWS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs BOS | vs CWS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs BOS | vs CWS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ LAA | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAA | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAA | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ SD | @ CWS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ SD | @ CWS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ SD | @ CWS | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ DET | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs COL | @ DET | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs COL | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs NYM | vs CLE | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs NYM | vs CLE | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs NYM | vs CLE | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ MIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ MIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ MIN | vs NYY | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | @ LAA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ ARI | @ LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ ARI | @ LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ ARI | @ LAA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | @ SF | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs TB | @ SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs TB | @ SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs BAL | vs TEX | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs BAL | vs TEX | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs BAL | vs TEX | ||||
| Wed, Mar 25th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #215 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #195 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #160 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ CLE | |||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ BOS | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ TB | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CWS | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs STL | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ TOR | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ BAL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs COL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs TB | |||||
