Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Justin Bruihl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 341	# 387
VBR	# 622	# 724

Projections

Strikeouts	11	13
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.29
WHIP	1.41	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 403

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 294	# 431

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	48

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	52.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	6

Hits Allowed	36	53

Earned Runs	20	20

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	31	39

Walks	11	20

ERA	5.93	3.42

WHIP	1.55	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.0	15.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	10	15

Earned Runs	5	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	11	13

Walks	5	6

ERA	4.02	4.29

WHIP	1.41	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Justin Bruihl RP - STL
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Justin Bruihl was removed from Monday’s game against the Brewers with a left ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Justin Bruihl has been traded from the Cleveland Guardians to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. In a corresponding move, Zak Kent was designated for assignment by St. Louis. David Leisering Tue, Jan 6th
	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			Justin Bruihl RP - STL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#199
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#101
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#232
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#197
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#301	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#212
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#312
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Justin Bruihl (2026)

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