Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Justin Martinez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Jake Bird RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 191	# 345
VBR	# 466	# 881

Projections

Strikeouts	6	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.27	4.32
WHIP	1.29	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 83	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 55	# 304

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 414

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	44

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.2	38.2

Wins	2	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	2	42

Earned Runs	0	23

Home Runs Allowed	0	6

Strikeouts	8	41

Walks	5	13

ERA	0.00	5.35

WHIP	1.05	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	5.3	3.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	4	3

Earned Runs	2	2

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	6	4

Walks	3	2

ERA	3.27	4.32

WHIP	1.29	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	The Diamondbacks activate RHP Justin Martinez from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Justin Martinez threw a perfect inning during a rehab outing for Triple-A Reno on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Justin Martinez will transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Justin Martinez will make his next rehab appearance on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	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
	Justin Martinez will make his next rehab appearance on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	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
	Justin Martinez RP - ARI			Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#269	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-2)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Fri, Apr 24th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#326
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#149
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#177	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#29
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#272	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#138
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#385	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#349	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#135
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#332	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#39	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
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 (1-4)	#130	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#366
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#353	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#340	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#161
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#80	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#118
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#110	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#145
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#378
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#127
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#352	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#330
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#321
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#114	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#181
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#37
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#304
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#112	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#400
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#58	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#147	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#295	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Sun, Aug 30th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#7	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#104
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#125	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#137
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#121	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#216	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#50
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#159
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#78
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#152
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#130	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
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)	#14	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ STL
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)	#56
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#79
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#166
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#155
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#208
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Justin Martinez (2026)

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