Who Should I Trade?

Easton McGee for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 628	# 653

Projections

Strikeouts	13	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.20
WHIP	1.41	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Easton McGee RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	2.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	36	1

Earned Runs	20	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	31	1

Walks	11	1

ERA	5.93	0.00

WHIP	1.55	1.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Easton McGee RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	13.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	12	13

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	11

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.02	4.20

WHIP	1.41	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Easton McGee RP - KC
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Kansas City Royals acquired Easton McGee from the Milwaukee Brewers for cash considerations. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 15th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Brewers designated Easton McGee for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Brewers optioned RHP Easton McGee to Triple-A Nashville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Easton McGee has been recalled to Milwaukee from Triple-A Nashville. In a corresponding move, the Brewers placed Brandon Woodruff on the 15-day injured list. David Leisering Fri, May 1st
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Brewers optioned Easton McGee to Triple-A Nashville. 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			Easton McGee RP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Thu, May 14th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Jun 1st				@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Mon, Jun 15th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ TB	Casey Legumina
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#165
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Easton McGee for Jake Bird (2026)

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