Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Jonathan Loaisiga (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	Jake Bird RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 323	# 345
VBR	# 412	# 610

Projections

Strikeouts	4	3
Wins	0	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	3.38	4.09
WHIP	1.28	1.25

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 284	# 304

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 347	# 414

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	61	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	59.1	38.2

Wins	7	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	4	3

Holds	10	7

Hits Allowed	49	42

Earned Runs	16	23

Home Runs Allowed	3	6

Strikeouts	44	41

Walks	11	13

ERA	2.43	5.35

WHIP	1.01	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.4	3.3

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	5	3

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	4	3

Walks	2	1

ERA	3.38	4.09

WHIP	1.28	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	Jonathan Loaisiga pitched around a single and a double in the ninth inning to earn his first save of the season as the Diamondbacks defeated the Tigers, 1-0, on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Apr 2nd	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	The Diamondbacks selected the contract of RHP Jonathan Loaisiga. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	D-backs reliever Jonathan Loaisiga has made the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 22nd	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Diamondbacks signed RHP Jonathan Loáisiga to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th	Jake Bird is being traded along with three other prospects to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd
		The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jonathan Loaisiga RP - ARI			Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#329	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#79	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#221	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#84	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#122	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#132
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#312
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#171	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#54
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#193	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#4	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#85
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#211	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#131
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#398	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#402	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#60
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#33	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#306	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#219
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#2	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#141
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#282	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#38	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#115
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#170
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#357
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#349	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#39	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#44
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#16	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#55	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#228
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#58	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#61
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#239	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#267
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#112
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#146
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#199
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#324
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#147
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#181	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#397
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#133	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#103	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#346	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#317
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#109
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#214
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#34	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#238
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#156
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#312
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#175	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#89	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#30
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#401	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#113
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#347
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#74
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#40	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#105	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#192	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#125	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#399
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#67	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#391
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#56	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#257
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#161	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#256	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#49	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#10	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#101
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#123	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#134
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#130	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#12
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#237	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#11
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#120	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#66	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#72	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#47
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#153	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#163
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#43	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#70
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#111	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#91
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#6
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#129	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#13
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#127
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#97
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#35
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#172
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#240
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#75
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Jonathan Loaisiga (2026)

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