Who Should I Trade?

Ian Hamilton for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 628	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	13	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	3.85
WHIP	1.41	1.37

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	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	4.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	36	6

Earned Runs	20	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	31	4

Walks	11	3

ERA	5.93	7.71

WHIP	1.55	1.93

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	11.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	12	10

Earned Runs	6	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	12

Walks	5	5

ERA	4.02	3.85

WHIP	1.41	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Braves sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Ian Hamilton was designated for assignment following Thursday's loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Ian Hamilton was recalled by the Braves ahead of Wednesday's game against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Braves sent RHP Ian Hamilton outright to Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	Ian Hamilton has been designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday. Didier Fuentes has been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to take his spot on the Braves' roster. David Leisering Wed, Apr 22nd
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			Ian Hamilton RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Ian Hamilton for Jake Bird (2026)

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