Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 648	# 768

Projections

Strikeouts	14	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.38
WHIP	1.44	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 380

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	25.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	36	22

Earned Runs	20	12

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	31	17

Walks	11	14

ERA	5.93	4.21

WHIP	1.55	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	13.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	12

Earned Runs	6	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	12

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.15	4.38

WHIP	1.44	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Cubs have placed right-hander Ethan Roberts (forearm) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Cubs recalled RHP Ethan Roberts from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Cubs optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Cubs activated Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	Ethan Roberts threw a bullpen session on Tuesday Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - NYY			Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
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)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Ethan Roberts for Jake Bird (2026)

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