Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Connor Thomas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 342	‐
VBR	# 663	# 975

Projections

Strikeouts	20	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.46
WHIP	1.40	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 379	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	52	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	49.1	3.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	37	5

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	41	2

Walks	29	1

ERA	2.74	9.82

WHIP	1.34	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.0	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	21	9

Earned Runs	11	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	20	6

Walks	9	3

ERA	4.39	4.46

WHIP	1.40	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	Reds reliever Brock Burke earned his first career Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	The Reds are acquiring Brock Burke from the Angels in a three-team trade. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Brock Burke and the Angels avoided arbitration and the lefthander will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brock Burke RP - CIN			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sun, May 24th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Thu, May 28th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Connor Thomas (2026)

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