Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Corbin Burnes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 228

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	12
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	3.70
WHIP	‐	1.29

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 89

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	1

Games Started	2	1

Innings Pitched	7.1	3.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	4	2

Earned Runs	2	0

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	4	2

Walks	2	2

ERA	2.45	0.00

WHIP	0.82	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	12.9

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	12

Earned Runs	‐	5

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	12

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	3.70

WHIP	‐	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Cade Horton SP - CHC	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
News
	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Corbin Burnes allowed two hits over three scoreless innings with two strikeouts and two walks on Tuesday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 8th
	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo confirmed that Corbin Burnes will make his season debut against the Royals on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th	Corbin Burnes (shoulder) is on track to be activated from the IL and start for the Diamondbacks on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Sep 5th
	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th	Corbin Burnes will pitch in a bridge league game in Arizona on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 1st
	Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th	Corbin Burnes made a rehab start at Triple-A Reno on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Cade Horton SP - CHC			Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#265
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#272	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (9-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#191
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#324
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#323	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#387
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#42	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#339
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#113
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#122
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#266	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (7-9)	#109	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#156
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#15
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 21st				vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#321
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Corbin Burnes (2026)

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