Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Mike Burrows (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	# 268
VBR	# 545	# 838

Projections

Strikeouts	34	30
Wins	2	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.72	5.27
WHIP	1.40	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 196	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	# 167

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	16

Games Started	17	15

Innings Pitched	94.2	74.2

Wins	4	5

Losses	9	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	99

Earned Runs	63	46

Home Runs Allowed	21	16

Strikeouts	75	58

Walks	35	23

ERA	5.99	5.54

WHIP	1.55	1.63

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	8

Games Started	6	7

Innings Pitched	38.9	37.2

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	38	40

Earned Runs	20	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	34	30

Walks	14	12

ERA	4.72	5.27

WHIP	1.40	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
News
	Mike Burrows could resume throwing in 7-10 days. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Aaron Civale is being traded from the Athletics to the Chicago Cubs. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 18th
	The Astros placed Mike Burrows on the 15-day injured list with right elbow neuritis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Athletics designated RHP Aaron Civale for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	The Astros optioned Mike Burrows to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 2 1/3 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Mike Burrows allowed seven earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Monday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th
	Mike Burrows allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	Aaron Civale allowed four earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out two over five innings in Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU			Aaron Civale SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#227	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#349	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#367
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Civale for Mike Burrows (2026)

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