Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Scott Barlow (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Scott Barlow RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	# 381
VBR	# 765	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	3	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.54	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 378

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 304	# 373

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Scott Barlow RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	33.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	7	10

Hits Allowed	42	26

Earned Runs	23	24

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	41	29

Walks	13	19

ERA	5.35	6.48

WHIP	1.42	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Scott Barlow RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	3.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	3	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	3	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	4.54	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Scott Barlow RP - FA
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Royals released RHP Scott Barlow. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Scott Barlow has agreed to a minor league contract with the Royals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Scott Barlow was released by the Athletics on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 25th
	Jake Bird is being traded along with three other prospects to the Washington Nationals in exchange for Luis Garcia Jr. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd	The Athletics designated RHP Scott Barlow for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Scott Barlow has agreed to a one-year deal with the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Feb 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Jake Bird RP - WSH			Scott Barlow RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#178
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#107
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#309
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#13
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#63
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#25
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#41
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#110
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#72
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#182
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#328
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#158
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#387
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#84
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#190
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#53
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#123
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#183
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#31
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#150
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#177
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#254
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#139
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#381
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#131
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#120
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#271
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#311
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#198
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#214
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#144
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#181
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#62
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#128
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#396
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#157
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#160
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#69
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#39
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#154
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#12
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#410
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#403
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#351
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#306
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#100
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#121
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#176
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#155
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#10
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#9
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#103
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#42
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#192
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#81
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#168
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#102
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#4
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#90
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Scott Barlow (2026)

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