Jake Bird

Bats R Throws R6'3" 200 lbBorn 1995 Newhall, USADebut 2022Team NYYDraft 2018 R5 #156 Colorado Rockies, UCLAContract 1 y/$915,000 (26) 2026: $269,118

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	187	24.2	8.9	2.75	21.7	6.19	100.8
2027							102.1
2028							102.7

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 29

His ten closest age-29 comparables averaged 111 PITCH+ the next season; 6 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Phil Maton	2022	96.0	109.7	274
2	Justin Lawrence	2024	93.1	123.3	69
3	Jeff Bennett	2009	97.3	did not play
4	Dustin Nippert	2010	94.5	did not play
5	Robert Stephenson	2022	94.0	122.2	201
6	Jesus Colome	2007	98.9	105.6	312
7	Austin Pruitt	2019	96.3	did not play
8	Arquimedes Caminero	2016	96.8	did not play
9	Jesse Chavez	2013	92.6	100.8	621
10	Chasen Shreve	2020	98.5	105.4	235

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									187				102.1
2026*									162				86.2	97.8	84.0
2025	NYY	4	2	5.53	48	0	0	55.3	248	7	25	66	93.0	97.6	90.6
2024	COL	2	2	4.50	35	0	1	40.0	185	5	25	31	84.2	100.2	84.4
2023	COL	3	3	4.33	70	3	0	89.3	381	6	27	77	102.2	96.8	99.0
2022	COL	2	4	4.91	38	0	0	47.7	211	7	23	42	96.1	98.4	94.5
Career		11	11	4.76	191	3	1	232.3	1025	25	100	216	95.5		93.4

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	NYY	P	48	55	4	3	1	0	0.875	-0.7
2024	COL	P	35	40	0	5	0	0	1.000	+0.0
2023	COL	P	70	89	7	4	0	1	1.000	-1.5
2022	COL	P	38	48	2	5	0	0	1.000	-0.4

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	25	7.2 IP, 36% K	1.25
2026	AAA	nan	Pit	30	9.0 IP, 33% K	1.00
2025	AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	Pit	72	15.2 IP, 32% K	6.51
2024	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	70	13.2 IP, 27% K	5.45
2022	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	106	26.0 IP, 32% K	2.77
2021	AAA	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pit	162	38.1 IP, 22% K	4.02
2021	AA	Hartford Yard Goats	Pit	91	20.1 IP, 25% K	2.24
2019	A	Asheville Tourists	Pit	430	97.0 IP, 19% K	3.62
2018	Rk	Grand Junction Rockies	Pit	115	26.2 IP, 26% K	3.44

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.487	0.313	0.364	0.379
2025	0.366	0.342	0.250	0.444
2024	0.410	0.342	0.362	0.385
2023	0.292	0.358	0.359	0.298
2022	0.339	0.333	0.348	0.319

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.