Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Chase Burns (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 132	# 776

Projections

Strikeouts	70	8
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	3.52
WHIP	1.22	1.21

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 28	# 191

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	18	‐

Innings Pitched	102.2	‐

Wins	11	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	77	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	118	‐

Walks	37	‐

ERA	2.54	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	8

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	60.6	7.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	51	6

Earned Runs	26	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	70	8

Walks	21	2

ERA	3.80	3.52

WHIP	1.22	1.21

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	A.J. Puk RP - ARI
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said A.J. Puk will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on July 17 to evaluate the progress of his shoulder injury. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Reds right-hander Chase Burns allowed three earned runs on three hits and six walks across five innings while earning the win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	A.J. Puk recently underwent an MRI that revealed a left shoulder capsule sprain, and he has been shut down for four weeks. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 20th
	Chase Burns allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over six innings in Thursday's win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	A.J. Puk is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Chase Burns allowed five earned runs on nine hits while striking out 10 over six innings in Saturday's win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	A.J. Puk has had his rehab paused due to left shoulder discomfort. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN			A.J. Puk RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#328	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th				vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Puk for Chase Burns (2026)

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