Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Chase Burns (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 212
VBR	# 130	# 465

Projections

Strikeouts	66	45
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	4.51
WHIP	1.22	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	# 154

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 122

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	19

Games Started	19	17

Innings Pitched	107.2	86.2

Wins	12	3

Losses	1	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	77

Earned Runs	29	49

Home Runs Allowed	12	16

Strikeouts	124	91

Walks	39	43

ERA	2.42	5.09

WHIP	1.11	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	10	9

Innings Pitched	57.4	47.7

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	45

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	66	45

Walks	20	20

ERA	3.78	4.51

WHIP	1.22	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Mets. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Brandon Sproat will make one start on Tuesday this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Brandon Sproat will now start on Tuesday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Brandon Sproat will make his next start on Monday against the Mets. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Brandon Sproat allowed two earned runs on two hits and two walks while striking out three in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Pirates. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
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			Brandon Sproat SP - MIL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, May 22nd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sun, May 24th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ COL	Zach Agnos
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs PHI	Tanner Banks
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ ARI
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 6th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ SD
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ SD
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CHC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs CHC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs STL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs STL
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Sproat for Chase Burns (2026)

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