Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Riley Martin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Riley Martin RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 628	# 997

Projections

Strikeouts	13	5
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.23
WHIP	1.37	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 199

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	8

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	30.1	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	36	5

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	31	10

Walks	11	2

ERA	5.93	2.16

WHIP	1.55	0.84

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Riley Martin RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.9	4.5

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	4

Earned Runs	6	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	13	5

Walks	5	2

ERA	3.96	4.23

WHIP	1.37	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Riley Martin RP - CHC
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Riley Martin has resumed playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Riley Martin has been diagnosed with a flexor strain in his left elbow and will miss at least two months. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Cubs placed LHP Riley Martin on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Riley Martin will start for the Cubs in Tuesday's matchup against the Phillies. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	Riley Martin pitched around a one-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning in his major league debut on Monday against the Rays. The Cubs dropped a 6-4 decision in Tampa Bay. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
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			Riley Martin RP - CHC
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 WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#262
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#417
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Riley Martin (2026)

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