P | New York Yankees
Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 215 lbs | Age: 30
Draft: 2018 | Rd. 5, No. 156, Colorado Rockies | UCLA
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 2 2 4.50 35 0 1 40 31 1.70
2025 4 2 5.53 48 0 0 55.1 66 1.54
2026 1 1 5.40 6 0 0 5 6 0.80
5 Seasons 12 12 4.78 197 3 1 237.1 222 1.46
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 35 2-2 4.50 40 31 1.70
2025 48 4-2 5.53 55.1 66 1.54
2026 6 1-1 5.40 5 6 0.80
5 Seasons 197 12-12 4.78 237.1 222 1.46
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
xBA xSLG wOBA xwOBA xwOBAcon HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2022 26 745 142 9 6.3 4.3 91.2 108.3 5.4 31.0 .256 .429 .331 .342 .385 42.3 19.9 10.9 4.91 4.87
2023 27 1391 270 22 8.1 5.8 89.7 111.7 5.3 33.0 .259 .410 .320 .329 .375 43.7 20.2 7.1 4.33 4.61
2024 28 684 125 11 8.8 5.9 88.3 110.0 11.3 30.4 .254 .453 .368 .364 .381 41.6 16.8 13.5 4.50 5.62
2025 29 957 154 13 8.4 5.2 88.5 110.7 8.6 34.4 .235 .374 .340 .305 .375 42.9 26.6 10.1 5.53 3.85
2026 30 60 10 1 10.0 5.9 93.0 104.3 10.0 10.0 .181 .323 .214 .274 .322 40.0 29.4 5.9 6.23 2.96
Player 3837 701 56 8.0 5.4 89.5 111.7 7.2 32.1 .250 .411 .333 .331 .377 42.8 21.2 9.7
MLB 7.2 4.9 88.6 122.9 12.4 33.3 .243 .408 .315 .316 .369 37.0 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bird relies on 4 pitches.
Sinker
(53.3%) ,
Cutter
(20.0%) ,
Sweeper
(18.3%) ,
Curveball
(8.3%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2022 55.6 44.4 21.8 21.1 1.4 38.0 39.4 22.5 25.4 26.8 3.5 12.7 12.7 19.0
2023 52.6 47.4 20.7 23.0 3.7 40.7 37.8 21.5 24.1 23.3 5.2 16.7 14.4 16.3
2024 47.2 52.8 29.6 20.0 3.2 38.4 34.4 27.2 22.4 16.8 8.0 16.0 17.6 19.2
2025 46.1 53.9 24.0 26.0 3.9 35.7 42.2 22.1 18.8 20.8 6.5 16.9 21.4 15.6
2026 60.0 40.0 10.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 60.0 10.0 20.0 40.0 0.0 10.0 20.0 10.0
Player 50.9 49.1 23.1 22.5 3.4 38.5 38.8 22.7 22.8 22.5 5.6 15.7 16.3 17.1
MLB 44.2 55.8 24.1 24.6 7.1 37.4 37.4 25.1 20.7 17.6 5.9 16.7 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 2.8 38.7 14.1 29.6 6.3 6.3 4.3
2023 2.6 42.2 15.6 25.2 6.3 8.1 5.8
2024 7.2 35.2 24.0 16.8 7.2 8.8 5.9
2025 3.2 35.7 22.7 26.6 3.2 8.4 5.2
2026 0.0 60.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 10.0 5.9
Player 3.6 39.1 18.4 24.7 5.7 8.0 5.4
MLB 4.0 32.4 24.9 24.4 5.9 7.2 4.9
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2026 Curveball NYY R 5 81.4 51.3 -0.8 16.6GLV 6.2 -9.4 -1.0 16.6GLV 7.5
2026 Sinker NYY R 32 94.8 27.1 2.8 16.6ARM 0.0 3.5 4.2 16.6ARM 1.1
2026 Sweeper NYY R 11 84.9 31.9 -5.1 14.8GLV 1.0 6.4 -5.1 14.8GLV 1.2
2026 Cutter NYY R 12 94.9 17.2 3.6 6.4ARM -5.7 13.1 5.1 6.4ARM -8.6
2025 Sinker NYY R 328 94.4 30.0 4.7 11.2ARM -5.1 0.4 7.0 11.2ARM -3.9
2025 Sweeper NYY R 388 84.0 32.7 -4.8 14.3GLV 0.3 6.0 -5.0 14.3GLV 0.3
2025 Cutter NYY R 24 92.6 22.8 0.6 0.5ARM -1.5 8.8 0.5 0.5ARM -2.7
2025 Curveball NYY R 217 80.6 51.0 -0.6 16.1GLV 5.0 -8.7 -1.5 16.1GLV 7.1
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2026 Sinker 4.8 2 32 53.3 9 .000 .000 .178 30.8 11.1 33.3 .190 .424 .307 42.9
2026 Cutter -0.9 0 12 20.0 3 .333 .333 .300 33.3 66.7 50.0 .078 .083 .071 0.0
2026 Sweeper -4.3 0 11 18.3 3 .333 .667 .417 33.3 33.3 25.0 .320 .402 .314 50.0
2026 Curveball 0.0 0 5 8.3 2 .000 .000 .350 -- 50.0 100.0 -- -- .350 --
2025 Sweeper 0.8 3 388 40.5 77 .257 .457 .351 33.8 32.5 24.3 .184 .321 .259 33.3
2025 Sinker -2.2 -7 328 34.3 101 .345 .560 .443 16.2 8.9 13.8 .324 .512 .419 50.0
2025 Curveball 1.7 4 217 22.7 58 .182 .200 .189 38.0 50.0 27.4 .158 .185 .157 35.7
2025 Cutter -5.8 -1 24 2.5 8 .375 .625 .425 22.2 37.5 16.7 .284 .676 .400 60.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2026 Cutter 12 94.9 65 14.3 1:30 1:00 30
2026 Sinker 32 94.8 72 17.6 1:45 2:45 -60
2026 Sweeper 11 84.9 55 16.4 8:45 9:30 -45
2025 Curveball 217 80.6 86 20.2 8:00 8:00 0
2025 Cutter 23 92.5 54 8.6 12:45 12:00 45
2025 Sinker 293 94.4 74 12.0 1:45 3:00 -75
2025 Sweeper 383 84.0 53 15.9 9:00 9:30 -30
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2022 208 745 8 -4 -4 -4 -5
2023 381 1,391 -2 15 -5 -7 1
2024 184 684 1 3 -4 -5 -5
2025 244 957 5 1 -4 -4 -2
2026 17 60 2 0 -1 0 1
Player 1,034 3,837 15 15 -18 15 -10
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 745 52.3 63.3 89.9 16.9 35.0 40.7 53.1 41.2 20.8 8.6 73.4
2023 1,391 52.6 66.2 86.0 22.7 56.0 39.8 57.7 45.6 21.1 9.5 77.3
2024 684 49.3 62.6 86.3 26.2 58.2 44.3 63.0 44.2 22.2 8.9 67.2
2025 957 54.5 56.5 82.0 28.7 48.0 42.0 60.7 43.9 28.1 10.2 59.2
2026 60 48.3 58.6 76.5 16.1 40.0 35.0 47.1 36.7 31.8 13.3 50.0
Player 3,837 52.4 62.4 85.7 23.6 51.0 41.2 58.3 43.9 23.1 9.5 69.4
MLB 48.8 67.0 82.6 28.4 58.0 42.7 61.1 47.3 25.0 7.4 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Run Value Pitching
Year Pitching Fastball Breaking Off
Speed
xERA Fastball
MPH
Fastball
Spin
Curve
Spin
Avg
EV
Chase% Whiff% K% BB% Barrel% Hard-
Hit%
GB% Extension
2022 28 35 26 57 13 70 4 89 2 1 13 28 12 69 17 94 6
2023 46 34 80 31 32 56 5 92 30 3 13 29 70 46 18 88 3
2024 71 7 89 9
2025 32 10 84 56 50 15 88 69 54 72 78 19 49 27 70 7
2026 61 81 26 70 15 3 73 76 76 39 47 87
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 24.48 7 6.3 1 1 3 4 57.1
2023 22.84 6 7.6 -2 4 7 3 50.0
2024 22.84 5 6.8 -2 1 4 4 80.0
2025 24.20 7 6.6 0 4 3 4 57.1
2026 -- 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 --
Player 23.66 25 27.2 -2 11 17 15 60.0
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 7 5 6 7 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 7 8 6 6 5
2023 6 7 5 9 7 7 8 7 9 5 7 9 7 6 11 9 7 8 8 10 7 8 13 9 5 5 7 7 8 6 6
2024 5 5 6 8 7 8 8 7 6 4 7 9 7 6 7 7 8 6 8 9 6 6 9 7 7 5 7 7 6 6 4
2025 7 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 7 10 7 5 8 7 5 9 7 6 8 7 6 6 5 6 7 6 7
2026 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Player 25 24 23 30 28 27 29 27 25 21 26 30 27 28 32 28 29 27 27 35 26 26 37 30 24 22 26 28 28 24 22
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's batted balls allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

2026 +/-   2025 +/-   2024 +/-   2023 +/-   2022
Results
BA .133 -.143 .276 -.003 .279 +.003 .276 +.027 .249
xBA .181 -.054 .235 -.019 .254 -.005 .259 +.003 .256
OBP .235 -.120 .355 -.036 .391 +.055 .336 -.007 .343
xOBP .277 -.045 .322 -.049 .371 +.045 .326 -.028 .354
SLG .200 -.238 .438 -.010 .448 +.052 .396 -.024 .420
xSLG .323 -.051 .374 -.079 .453 +.043 .410 -.019 .429
ISO .067 -.094 .161 -.008 .169 +.049 .120 -.051 .171
xISO .143 +.004 .139 -.060 .199 +.047 .152 -.021 .173
BABIP .200 -.161 .361 +.042 .319 -.014 .333 +.049 .284
wOBA .214 -.126 .340 -.028 .368 +.048 .320 -.011 .331
xwOBA .274 -.031 .305 -.059 .364 +.035 .329 -.013 .342
wOBAcon .220 -.210 .430 +.044 .386 +.023 .363 -.004 .367
xwOBAcon .322 -.053 .375 -.006 .381 +.006 .375 -.010 .385
BACON .200 -.190 .390 +.043 .347 -.001 .348 +.029 .319
xBACON .271 -.065 .336 +.020 .316 -.018 .334 -.002 .336
Statcast Hit Metrics
Hard Hit % 40.0 -2.9 42.9 +1.3 41.6 -2.1 43.7 +1.4 42.3
Avg Exit Velocity 93.0 +4.5 88.5 +0.2 88.3 -1.4 89.7 -1.5 91.2
Launch Angle Sweet-Spot % 10.0 -24.4 34.4 +4.0 30.4 -2.6 33.0 +2.0 31.0
Barrel % 10.0 +1.6 8.4 -0.4 8.8 +0.7 8.1 +1.8 6.3
Avg Launch Angle 10.0 +1.4 8.6 -2.7 11.3 +6.0 5.3 -0.1 5.4
Statcast Bat Tracking
Bat Speed 71.5 +0.3 71.2 +0.3 70.9 -0.4 71.3 -- --
Attack Angle -3° 12° +2° 10° 10° -- --
Ideal Attack Angle % 70.0 +23.0 47.0 +0.8 46.2 +0.2 46.0 -- --
Attack Direction +10° -5° -3° -2° -2° -- --
Swing Path - Tilt 30° -3° 33° -1° 34° 35° -- --
Swing Length 6.9 -0.5 7.4 +0.1 7.3 0.0 7.3 -- --
Statcast Pitch Metrics
Fastball Velocity 94.8 +0.5 94.3 -0.6 94.9 +1.4 93.5 -0.4 93.9
Breaking Velocity 83.8 +1.0 82.8 -1.2 84.0 +1.1 82.9 +1.2 81.7
Offspeed Velocity 0.0 -- -- -- 89.1 +1.8 87.3 -0.7 88.0
Batted Ball Results
Barrels 1 -12 13 +2 11 -11 22 +13 9
Popup % 20.0 +16.1 3.9 +0.7 3.2 -0.5 3.7 +2.3 1.4
Flyball % 10.0 -14.0 24.0 -5.6 29.6 +8.9 20.7 -1.1 21.8
Line Drive % 10.0 -16.0 26.0 +6.0 20.0 -3.0 23.0 +1.9 21.1
Groundball % 60.0 +13.9 46.1 -1.1 47.2 -5.4 52.6 -3.0 55.6
Pull % 30.0 -5.7 35.7 -2.7 38.4 -2.3 40.7 +2.7 38.0
Straight Away % 60.0 +17.8 42.2 +7.8 34.4 -3.4 37.8 -1.6 39.4
Opposite Field % 10.0 -12.1 22.1 -5.1 27.2 +5.7 21.5 -1.0 22.5
Weak Contact % 0.0 -3.2 3.2 -4.0 7.2 +4.6 2.6 -0.2 2.8
Pull Airball % 10.0 -6.9 16.9 +0.9 16.0 -0.7 16.7 +4.0 12.7
Topped Contact % 60.0 +24.3 35.7 +0.5 35.2 -7.0 42.2 +3.5 38.7
Under Contact % 20.0 -2.7 22.7 -1.3 24.0 +8.4 15.6 +1.5 14.1
Flare/Burner Contact % 10.0 -16.6 26.6 +9.8 16.8 -8.4 25.2 -4.4 29.6
Solid Contact % 0.0 -3.2 3.2 -4.0 7.2 +0.9 6.3 0.0 6.3
HR/FB % 0.0 -18.9 18.9 +5.4 13.5 +2.8 10.7 -11.9 22.6
Popups 2 -4 6 +2 4 -6 10 +8 2
Flyballs 1 -36 37 0 37 -19 56 +25 31
Line Drives 1 -39 40 +15 25 -37 62 +32 30
Groundballs 6 -65 71 +12 59 -83 142 +63 79
Plate Discipline
In Zone % 48.3 -6.2 54.5 +5.2 49.3 -3.3 52.6 +0.3 52.3
Out of Zone % 51.7 +6.2 45.5 -5.2 50.7 +3.3 47.4 -0.3 47.7
Edge % 35.0 -7.0 42.0 -2.3 44.3 +4.5 39.8 -0.9 40.7
Zone Swing % 58.6 +2.1 56.5 -6.1 62.6 -3.6 66.2 +2.9 63.3
Out of Zone Swing % 16.1 -12.6 28.7 +2.5 26.2 +3.5 22.7 +5.8 16.9
In Zone Contact % 76.5 -5.5 82.0 -4.3 86.3 +0.3 86.0 -3.9 89.9
Out of Zone Contact % 40.0 -8.0 48.0 -10.2 58.2 +2.2 56.0 +21.0 35.0
Whiff % 31.8 +3.7 28.1 +5.9 22.2 +1.1 21.1 +0.3 20.8
First Strike % 47.1 -13.6 60.7 -2.3 63.0 +5.3 57.7 +4.6 53.1
First Pitch Swing % 17.6 -4.1 21.7 -3.3 25.0 -0.2 25.2 -1.6 26.8
Swing % 36.7 -7.2 43.9 -0.3 44.2 -1.4 45.6 +4.4 41.2
Meatball Swing % 50.0 -9.2 59.2 -8.0 67.2 -10.1 77.3 +3.9 73.4
Meatball % 13.3 +3.1 10.2 +1.3 8.9 -0.6 9.5 +0.9 8.6
Zone Swing & Miss % 23.5 +5.5 18.0 +4.3 13.7 -0.3 14.0 +3.9 10.1
Out of Zone Swing & Miss % 60.0 +8.0 52.0 +10.2 41.8 -2.2 44.0 -21.0 65.0
In Zone 29 -493 522 +185 337 -394 731 +341 390
Out of Zone 31 -404 435 +88 347 -313 660 +305 355
Edge 21 -381 402 +99 303 -250 553 +250 303
In Zone Swings 17 -278 295 +84 211 -273 484 +237 247
Out of Zone Swings 5 -120 125 +34 91 -59 150 +90 60
In Zone Swing & Misses 4 -49 53 +24 29 -39 68 +43 25
Out of Zone Swing & Misses 3 -62 65 +27 38 -28 66 +27 39
Basic
Pitches 60 -897 957 +273 684 -707 1,391 +646 745
PA 17 -231 248 +63 185 -196 381 +170 211
AB 15 -202 217 +63 154 -187 341 +160 181
Hits 2 -58 60 +17 43 -51 94 +49 45
Singles 1 -39 40 +13 27 -40 67 +37 30
Doubles 1 -11 12 +1 11 -8 19 +13 6
Triples 0 -1 1 +1 0 -2 2 0 2
Home Runs 0 -7 7 +2 5 -1 6 -1 7
Walks 1 -24 25 0 25 -2 27 +4 23
Strikeouts 5 -61 66 +35 31 -46 77 +35 42
K% 29.4 +2.8 26.6 +9.8 16.8 -3.4 20.2 +0.3 19.9
BB% 5.9 -4.2 10.1 -3.4 13.5 +6.4 7.1 -3.8 10.9
HBP 1 -2 3 -1 4 -3 7 +3 4
Batted Balls 10 -144 154 +29 125 -145 270 +128 142
Number of Fastballs 44 -308 352 -6 358 -652 1,010 +393 617
Number of Offspeed 0 0 0 -2 2 -1 3 -12 15
Number of Breaking 5 -212 217 -98 315 -62 377 +264 113
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 208 .331 108 11 10.2 100 23 23.0
2023 Shades 381 .320 220 5 2.3 161 49 30.4
2024 Shades 178 .363 101 2 2.0 77 37 48.1
2025 Shades 244 .340 135 7 5.2 109 18 16.5
2026 Shades 17 .214 12 3 25.0 5 1 20.0
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 220 18.0 5.0% 1.4% 151 22.1 0.0% 2.0%
2023 343 15.7 31.5% 0.0% 283 18.4 3.9% 0.7%
2024 154 16.2 19.5% 0.0% 155 17.8 2.6% 1.3%
2025 191 16.3 14.7% 0.0% 251 17.6 2.4% 0.0%
2026 20 17.2 0.0% 0.0% 7 19.4 0.0% 0.0%

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Pitch Distribution