Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Matt Gage (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	# 374
VBR	# 628	# 959

Projections

Strikeouts	13	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	4.40
WHIP	1.41	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 357

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 430

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	34

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	27.1

Wins	1	4

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	5

Hits Allowed	36	28

Earned Runs	20	17

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	31	22

Walks	11	17

ERA	5.93	5.60

WHIP	1.55	1.65

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Matt Gage RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	8.4

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	12	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	7

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.02	4.40

WHIP	1.41	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Matt Gage RP - SF
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Matt Gage is scheduled to undergo an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Giants activated Matt Gage from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Matt Gage will be activated from the injured list this week. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Giants placed Matt Gage on the 15-day injured list with knee inflammation. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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			Matt Gage RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#96
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#340
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			@ SD
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs DET
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#169
Thu, May 14th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 23rd				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Matt Gage (2026)

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