Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Taijuan Walker (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	0	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	0.00	‐
WHIP	0.00	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 304	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	5

Games Started	0	4

Innings Pitched	38.2	22.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	42	36

Earned Runs	23	23

Home Runs Allowed	6	8

Strikeouts	41	17

Walks	13	11

ERA	5.35	9.13

WHIP	1.42	2.07

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	1	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	0.2	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	0	‐

Earned Runs	0	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	0.00	‐

WHIP	0.00	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Angels released RHP Taijuan Walker. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Taijuan Walker opted out of his minor league contract with the Angels. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Angels signed Taijuan Walker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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 Phillies released RHP Taijuan Walker. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Phillies will use an opener on Wednesday ahead of Taijuan Walker against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Jake Bird RP - WSH			Taijuan Walker SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (10-5)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#102
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#87
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#95
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#14
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-4)	#86
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (7-2)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#141
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (10-11)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (11-5)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#44
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-7)	#155
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)	#138
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#169
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#175
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#28
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-6)	#122
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (7-15)	#80
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#63
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#55
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#156
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#48
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#198
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-10)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-10)	#99
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#60
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#208
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#42
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-6)	#168
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#76
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-10)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#181
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (11-6)	#69
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (7-5)	#251
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (16-7)	#191
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#123
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-6)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#82
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-4)	#103
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-12)	#68
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#125
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#268
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#221
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#84
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-11)	#12
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (7-10)	#230
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-2)	#166
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#222
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (8-11)	#22
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#77
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#138
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#142
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#147
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-6)	#193
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#15
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-2)	#10
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#50
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#17
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-10)	#47
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#90
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#57
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#40
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-7)	#6
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#79
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#109
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-4)	#101
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET	River Ryan (0-0)	#75
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#38
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#53
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM	Jefry Yan
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM	Jonah Tong (2-2)	#56
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#46

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Taijuan Walker (2026)

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