Chase Burns or Steven Cruz

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News & Notes
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Chase Burns or Steven Cruz Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	27	52

Games Started	27	2

Innings Pitched	148.1	54.2

Wins	15	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	6

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	118	49

Earned Runs	45	25

Home Runs Allowed	15	12

Strikeouts	176	58

Walks	51	20

ERA	2.73	4.12

WHIP	1.14	1.26

Chase Burns or Steven Cruz Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Steven Cruz RP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	26	39

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	116.2	40.6

Wins	7	2

Losses	7	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	100	36

Earned Runs	47	20

Home Runs Allowed	15	5

Strikeouts	138	37

Walks	36	17

ERA	3.67	4.48

WHIP	1.17	1.33

Chase Burns or Steven Cruz Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Steven Cruz RP - KC
News
	Chase Burns allowed one walk while striking out five over three hitless innings in Monday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Tue, Sep 8th	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing two hits over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 3-0 win over the Guardians. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 29th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Chase Burns with have an innings limit during his next start against the Brewers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 31st	Steven Cruz threw a scoreless frame to earn the save in Monday's 9-5 win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 18th
	Chase Burns allowed three runs (two earned) on six hits and one walk while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday's 7-5 win over the Cubs. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 31st	Steven Cruz struck out one batter while allowing one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in Friday's 7-6 win over the Angels. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 15th
	Chase Burns allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Wednesday's win over the Cardinals. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 20th	Steven Cruz struck out one batter in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Twins. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 6th
	Chase Burns allowed five earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six over 5 1/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Steven Cruz struck out two batters while allowing one hit and one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 5-4 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
	Chase Burns flashed frontline bat-missing ability in his 2025 debut. Looking ahead to 2026, the projections lean into the strikeout upside while forecasting some ERA regression toward his underlying metrics as he secures a steadier rotation role. If the workload climbs into a full-season starter's range, Burns profiles as a high-K SP with ratios that may fluctuate week to week. In fantasy, he's best deployed as an SP3/SP4 in mixed leagues, with legitimate breakout potential if the command tightens and the batted-ball profile stabilizes. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Chase Burns or Steven Cruz Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN			Steven Cruz RP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#164
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#80
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#97	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#305	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#46	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (7-2)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#113	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#162
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#345	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#181	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-5)	#139
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#79
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#87	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#146
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#175
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#121	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#99	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#173	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#221	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#167
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#115
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#271	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#391
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#153	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#357
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#130	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#118	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#273	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#21
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#136	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#168	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#75	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#111
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#161
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#127
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#183	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#123
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#103	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#34	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#341
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#17	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#265	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#11
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#246
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#44	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#145
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#50
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#12	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#6	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#253	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#63
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#325	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#210
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#26	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#196	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#98
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#406
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#27	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#403
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#377
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#310	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#149	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#401	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#41	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#123	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#180	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64	@ LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#112	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#350
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#101
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#86
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#126	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#155
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#109	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#401
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#85	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#247
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#191
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#102	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#100
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#117	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#77
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#329	vs DET	Jacob Waguespack
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#29	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#143
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#24	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#58
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#33	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (10-9)	#59
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#166	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#157
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#48	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#51
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#105
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#55	vs ARI	Derek Law
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2	vs ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#54
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#128
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#36
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#61	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#38
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#93	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#119
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#15	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#219
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#69	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#60	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#116
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#118	@ PIT	Khristian Curtis (1-0)	#384
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#4
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13
Sun, May 24th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#14
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#206
Thu, Jun 11th				vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#114
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#72
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#140
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#84