Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Lyon Richardson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 599	# 794

Projections

Strikeouts	13	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.33
WHIP	1.37	1.55

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	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	2

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	30.1	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	36	2

Earned Runs	20	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	31	3

Walks	11	2

ERA	5.93	27.00

WHIP	1.55	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	12.9	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	7

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	7

Walks	5	4

ERA	3.96	4.33

WHIP	1.37	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Lyon Richardson has elected free agency. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Reds designated RHP Lyon Richardson for assignment. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Lyon Richardson will open on Monday for the Reds. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Reds selected the contract of RHP Lyon Richardson from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Reds have reassigned right-hander Lyon Richardson to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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			Lyon Richardson RP - MIL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs CHC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs STL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sun, Mar 29th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Apr 6th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Thu, Apr 30th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 14th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Sat, May 23rd				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th				@ COL	Zach Agnos
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st				vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Thu, Aug 6th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CHC
Thu, Sep 17th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Lyon Richardson (2026)

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