Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Justin Slaten (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 345	# 288
VBR	# 550	# 440

Projections

Strikeouts	9	7
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.43	3.88
WHIP	1.39	1.16

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 302	# 190

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 379	# 435

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	67	36

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	64.0	31.1

Wins	5	2

Losses	5	4

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	15	17

Hits Allowed	47	35

Earned Runs	19	16

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	65	39

Walks	38	8

ERA	2.67	4.60

WHIP	1.33	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.6	7.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	9	6

Earned Runs	5	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	9	7

Walks	4	2

ERA	4.43	3.88

WHIP	1.39	1.16

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Justin Slaten RP - BOS
News
	Reds reliever Brock Burke earned his first career Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th	Justin Slaten had an MRI returned that showed no structural damage. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th
	The Reds are acquiring Brock Burke from the Angels in a three-team trade. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Justin Slaten underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th
	Brock Burke and the Angels avoided arbitration and the lefthander will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	The Red Sox placed RHP Justin Slaten on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
		Slaten has now allowed four runs twice in his last four appearances. He had held left-handed hitters to just one hit and one walk over 23 plate appearances entering Sunday before Cody Bellinger homered to break a 1-1 tie after Slaten had struck out the first two batters he faced, including Ben Rice. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 8th
		The Red Sox activated Justin Slaten from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 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			Justin Slaten RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#214	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#358
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#261	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#408
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#227
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#375
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#133	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#101
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#182	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#261
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#264	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#196	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#342	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#102	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#283	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#382
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#400	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#225
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#175	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#434	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#161	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#50	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#184
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#191
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#236
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#154
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#24
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#230
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#8	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#243
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#64

Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Justin Slaten (2026)

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