Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for John Rooney (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 568	# 1016

Projections

Strikeouts	22	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	3.00
WHIP	1.41	1.67

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 289	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	John Rooney RP - TB
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	John Rooney RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.5	1.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	1

Earned Runs	10	0

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.05	3.00

WHIP	1.41	1.67

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	John Rooney RP - TB
News
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Rays reassigned LHP John Rooney to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	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			John Rooney RP - TB
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#247
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-0)	#196
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ PHI
Thu, Mar 26th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 6th				vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#286
Sat, Jun 6th				@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, Jul 18th				@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ DET
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for John Rooney (2026)

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