Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Zach Maxwell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 648	# 934

Projections

Strikeouts	14	14
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.15	4.93
WHIP	1.44	1.57

Misc

Injury Alert	‐	‐

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	# 464

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	10.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	1

Hits Allowed	36	14

Earned Runs	20	11

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	31	9

Walks	11	10

ERA	5.93	9.90

WHIP	1.55	2.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	13.6	13.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	13	13

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	14

Walks	6	8

ERA	4.15	4.93

WHIP	1.44	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Reds optioned Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	The Reds recalled RHP Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Reds optioned RHP Zach Maxwell to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Reds recalled Zach Maxwell from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - NYY			Zach Maxwell RP - CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs PIT
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Mar 26th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Sun, Mar 29th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Thu, Apr 30th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 14th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, May 23rd				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 6th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sat, Jul 18th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, Aug 6th				vs ATH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Thu, Sep 17th				vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Zach Maxwell (2026)

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