Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Keider Montero (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Jake Bird RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 184	# 340
VBR	# 487	# 628

Projections

Strikeouts	30	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.53	4.08
WHIP	1.39	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 91	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	# 414

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 321	# 290

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Jake Bird RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	36

Games Started	15	0

Innings Pitched	100.2	30.1

Wins	6	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	76	36

Earned Runs	36	20

Home Runs Allowed	9	4

Strikeouts	70	31

Walks	22	11

ERA	3.22	5.93

WHIP	0.97	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Jake Bird RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	14.7

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	39	13

Earned Runs	19	7

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	30	15

Walks	12	6

ERA	4.53	4.08

WHIP	1.39	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET	Jake Bird RP - NYY
News
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed four earned runs in five innings while taking the loss on Saturday against the Mariners. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET			Jake Bird RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Jun 14th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Keider Montero (2026)

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