Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Jake Cousins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 648	# 920

Projections

Strikeouts	14	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.10
WHIP	1.44	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	30.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	20	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	31	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	5.93	‐

WHIP	1.55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	3

Earned Runs	6	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	14	3

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.15	4.10

WHIP	1.44	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Jake Cousins RP - LAD
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Dodgers signed RHP Jake Cousins to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
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			Jake Cousins RP - LAD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CHC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 6th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Jake Cousins (2026)

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