Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Tim Mayza (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 340	# 261
VBR	# 628	# 510

Projections

Strikeouts	13	17
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	3.87
WHIP	1.41	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 216

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 314

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	39

Games Started	0	3

Innings Pitched	30.1	45.0

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	36	41

Earned Runs	20	20

Home Runs Allowed	4	4

Strikeouts	31	44

Walks	11	11

ERA	5.93	4.00

WHIP	1.55	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.1	19.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	12	19

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	13	17

Walks	5	6

ERA	4.02	3.87

WHIP	1.41	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Tim Mayza will serve as the opener for the Phillies on Saturday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Tim Mayza will serve as the opener for the Phillies on Monday night against the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Tim Mayza will start Game 2 of Thursday’s doubleheader for the Phillies against the Giants. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Phillies signed LHP Tim Mayza to a one-year contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	Tim Mayza is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies on a minor league contract. The veteran lefthander will receive an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Thu, Jan 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - NYY			Tim Mayza SP,RP - PHI
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#225	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#299	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#339
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#272
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#313
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#73	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs STL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TB
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Tim Mayza (2026)

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