Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Tommy Nance (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 344	# 384
VBR	# 735	# 594

Projections

Strikeouts	4	7
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.07	4.00
WHIP	1.41	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 376

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 300	# 421

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Tommy Nance RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	50

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	38.2	51.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	7	6

Hits Allowed	42	50

Earned Runs	23	22

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	41	56

Walks	13	20

ERA	5.35	3.83

WHIP	1.42	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Tommy Nance RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	3.7	7.6

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	3	7

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	4	7

Walks	2	3

ERA	4.07	4.00

WHIP	1.41	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - WSH	Tommy Nance RP - MIN
News
	The Nationals optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 26th	The Twins are acquiring Tommy Nance from the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Nationals recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	The Blue Jays activated Tommy Nance from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	The Nationals optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Blue Jays sent RHP Tommy Nance on a rehab assignment to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	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	Tommy Nance threw a bullpen session on Thursday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Tommy Nance is scheduled to begin light catch Tuesday or Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - WSH			Tommy Nance RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#227
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#67	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#217
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#197	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#225	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#61	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-3)	#391
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#143
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#102	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#90	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#331	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#40
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#169	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#38	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#55	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#53	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#42
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#89	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#152
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#113	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#211
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#306
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#149	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-3)	#29
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#26	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#398
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#121	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#174
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#37
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#315	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#56
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#185	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#247
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#241	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#173	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#135	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#83
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#127	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#284	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#41	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#65	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#145
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#95	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#181	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#423
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#59	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#144
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#129	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#32	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#33	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#176	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#207	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#16	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-8)	#216
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#43	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#405	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#154	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#179
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#117	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#262	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#384	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#187	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#228	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#165	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#236	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#22
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#421
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#80
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#77
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#103
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#36	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#86
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#168	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#25	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#138
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#73
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#24	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#171
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#69	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#12
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#156
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#164	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#115	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#422	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#224
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#358	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#106
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#406	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#161
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#339
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#47	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#76	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#112	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (2-2)	#259
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#146	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-1)	#122	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#167	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#412
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#140
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#336	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#212	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#52	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#70
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#180	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-5)	#84	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#34
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#209	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#92	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#75
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#100
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#107
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#142
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#126
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#51
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#188
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Tommy Nance (2026)

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