Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Josh Simpson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 648	# 729

Projections

Strikeouts	14	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.46
WHIP	1.44	1.50

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	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	36	4

Earned Runs	20	3

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	31	3

Walks	11	2

ERA	5.93	9.00

WHIP	1.55	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	14.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	13	13

Earned Runs	6	7

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	15

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.15	4.46

WHIP	1.44	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Josh Simpson RP - SEA
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Mariners optioned Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Mariners recalled Josh Simpson from Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Mariners optioned LHP Josh Simpson to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - NYY			Josh Simpson RP - SEA
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs LAA
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 23rd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Sat, Jun 6th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Sat, Jul 18th				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Josh Simpson (2026)

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