Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Welinton Herrera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 568	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	22	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.05	7.03
WHIP	1.41	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 289	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	35	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.0	2.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	32	2

Earned Runs	15	0

Home Runs Allowed	4	0

Strikeouts	30	2

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.50	0.00

WHIP	1.37	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.5	0.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	20	1

Earned Runs	10	1

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	22	1

Walks	9	1

ERA	4.05	7.03

WHIP	1.41	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Welinton Herrera RP - COL
News
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	Welinton Herrera will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 30th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Welinton Herrera is receiving a second opinion on his UCL tear. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	Welinton Herrera (elbow) has been transferred to the 60-day IL by the Colorado Rockies. The move allows an open spot on the 40-man roster for righthander TJ Shook, who was called up on Monday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 1st
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Rockies placed Welinton Herrera on the 15-day injured list with left elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
		The Rockies recalled LHP Welinton Herrera from Triple-A Albuquerque. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
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 - NYY			Welinton Herrera RP - COL
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#254
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#235	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#428
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#285	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th				vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sat, May 23rd				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 6th				vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 15th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Welinton Herrera (2026)

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