Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jake Bird RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	# 345
VBR	# 581	# 780

Projections

Strikeouts	6	4
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	4.08
WHIP	1.29	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	# 304

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 414

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	44

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	74.0	38.2

Wins	5	1

Losses	5	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	3

Holds	1	7

Hits Allowed	69	42

Earned Runs	47	23

Home Runs Allowed	14	6

Strikeouts	54	41

Walks	24	13

ERA	5.72	5.35

WHIP	1.26	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jake Bird RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	7.0	3.4

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	7	3

Earned Runs	3	2

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	6	4

Walks	2	2

ERA	4.05	4.08

WHIP	1.29	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Jake Bird RP - WSH
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th	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 Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Jake Bird RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#160
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#260	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#18	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#195	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#405	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (6-2)	#78
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#45
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#107
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#125
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#118
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#348	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#328	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#201
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#201	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#74	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#355	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#369
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#123	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#134	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#197	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#329
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#274
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#184	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#404
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#401	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#118
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#278
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#150	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#324
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#278	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#110
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (1-0)	#223	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#7	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#158
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#37
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#110	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (0-0)	#207	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#79
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#135	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-1)	#90	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#138	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#247	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#106	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#129
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#200
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#159
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Steven Matz (2026)

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