Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Riley O'Brien (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jake Bird RP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 71	# 339
VBR	# 312	# 560

Projections

Strikeouts	27	22
Wins	1	1
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.69	4.05
WHIP	1.38	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 62	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 72	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 119	# 289

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 96	# 414

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jake Bird RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	40	35

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	40.1	30.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	25	0

Blown Saves	4	3

Holds	1	7

Hits Allowed	32	32

Earned Runs	15	15

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	40	30

Walks	14	9

ERA	3.35	4.50

WHIP	1.14	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jake Bird RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	29	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	26.0	21.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	4

Hits Allowed	23	20

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	27	22

Walks	11	9

ERA	3.69	4.05

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL	Jake Bird RP - NYY
News
	Riley O'Brien allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in a 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 18th	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Riley O'Brien struck out one batter while allowing no hits and one walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Saturday's 4-1 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 12th	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	Riley O'Brien struck out two batters in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Friday's 2-1 win over the Braves. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 11th	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	Riley O'Brien struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Cubs. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th
	Riley O'Brien allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Riley O'Brien RP - STL			Jake Bird RP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#150	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, May 5th				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#149	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY			vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-6)	#176
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#225
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#247
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (3-1)	#73
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Riley O'Brien (2026)

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