Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Zak Kent (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 340	‐
VBR	# 599	# 961

Projections

Strikeouts	13	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.96	4.55
WHIP	1.37	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 414	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	36	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	30.1	14.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	3	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	36	18

Earned Runs	20	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	31	11

Walks	11	7

ERA	5.93	6.28

WHIP	1.55	1.74

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Zak Kent RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.9	8.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	11	8

Earned Runs	6	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	13	7

Walks	5	3

ERA	3.96	4.55

WHIP	1.37	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bird RP - NYY	Zak Kent RP - WSH
News
	The Yankees optioned Jake Bird to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Yankees have recalled right-hander Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Yankees optioned RHP Jake Bird to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th	Zak Kent is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Yankees recalled RHP Jake Bird from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd	The Nationals optioned Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
	Jake Bird and the New York Yankees have avoided arbitration with Bird set to make $975K in 2026. David Leisering Sat, Jan 10th	The Nationals recalled Zak Kent from Triple-A Rochester. Ari Koslow Wed, May 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bird RP - NYY			Zak Kent RP - WSH
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#273
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Mar 26th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jun 15th				vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#320
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bird for Zak Kent (2026)

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