Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Justin Topa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 345	‐
VBR	# 592	# 914

Projections

Strikeouts	10	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.36	4.25
WHIP	1.42	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 302	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 379	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	67	24

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	64.0	21.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	5	1

Saves	2	2

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	15	4

Hits Allowed	47	29

Earned Runs	19	17

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	65	14

Walks	38	12

ERA	2.67	7.29

WHIP	1.33	1.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Justin Topa RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	11

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	10.0	8.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	10	9

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	10	7

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.36	4.25

WHIP	1.42	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brock Burke RP - CIN	Justin Topa RP - NYY
News
	Reds reliever Brock Burke earned his first career Sunday in a 2-1 win over the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Mon, Apr 6th	The Yankees selected the contract of RHP Justin Topa from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
	The Reds are acquiring Brock Burke from the Angels in a three-team trade. Ari Koslow Thu, Jan 15th	The Yankees signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th
	Brock Burke and the Angels avoided arbitration and the lefthander will make $2.325 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th	The Royals released Justin Topa. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
		The Royals signed Justin Topa to a minor league deal. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
		The Blue Jays signed Justin Topa to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
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 Topa RP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#287
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#258
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#152
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#91	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#98
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#326
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#431
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs BOS	Raymond Burgos
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Brock Burke for Justin Topa (2026)

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