Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Chase Burns (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 142	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	74	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.81	‐
WHIP	1.22	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 20	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ben Shields SP - COL
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	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	64.1	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	55	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	74	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.81	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	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
	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
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#354
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#118
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#153
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#275
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL			@ MIL	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for Chase Burns (2026)

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