Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Kyle Hart (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 560	# 627

Projections

Strikeouts	22	21
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.39
WHIP	1.40	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 350

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 289	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	24

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	30.0	34.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	5

Hits Allowed	32	28

Earned Runs	15	22

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	30	28

Walks	9	11

ERA	4.50	5.82

WHIP	1.37	1.15

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.6	24.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	5

Hits Allowed	20	23

Earned Runs	10	12

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	22	21

Walks	9	9

ERA	4.05	4.39

WHIP	1.40	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
News
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Kyle Hart blew a save opportunity on Friday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Kyle Hart will open Saturday's game for the Padres against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Padres recalled Kyle Hart from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Padres optioned Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
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			Kyle Hart SP,RP - SD
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#240
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#246
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (0-1)	#77
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs SF
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 6th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 18th				@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Thu, Aug 6th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Kyle Hart (2026)

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