Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Jake Bird (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
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	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.29
WHIP	1.41	1.43

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	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	30.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	15	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	30	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.50	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.5	3.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	1

Hits Allowed	20	3

Earned Runs	10	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	22	3

Walks	9	2

ERA	4.05	4.29

WHIP	1.41	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - NYY			Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#290
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#251
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th				@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ NYY
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Jake Bird (2026)

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