Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Chase Burns (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	# 213
VBR	# 135	# 444

Projections

Strikeouts	66	17
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	3
ERA	3.75	3.79
WHIP	1.22	1.38

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 208

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 196

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 28	# 261

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	107.2	‐

Wins	12	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	80	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	124	‐

Walks	39	‐

ERA	2.42	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	18

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	56.9	16.7

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	48	14

Earned Runs	24	7

Home Runs Allowed	8	2

Strikeouts	66	17

Walks	20	8

ERA	3.75	3.79

WHIP	1.22	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ben Joyce RP - LAA
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ben Joyce threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Angels right-hander Ben Joyce (shoulder) is having his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Salt Lake. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	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	Ben Joyce began a rehab assignment in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Ben Joyce faced live hitters on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said Ben Joyce threw off a mound in Arizona on Friday. 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			Ben Joyce RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#170
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Joyce for Chase Burns (2026)

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