Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Ferguson for Chase Burns (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 320
VBR	# 127	# 589

Projections

Strikeouts	70	21
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.81	4.23
WHIP	1.22	1.42

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	# 347

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 274

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	21

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	107.2	20.1

Wins	12	1

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	80	23

Earned Runs	29	9

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	124	20

Walks	39	9

ERA	2.42	3.98

WHIP	1.11	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	26

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	60.6	22.7

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	51	22

Earned Runs	26	11

Home Runs Allowed	8	3

Strikeouts	70	21

Walks	21	9

ERA	3.81	4.23

WHIP	1.22	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Reds activated LHP Caleb Ferguson off the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Caleb Ferguson will make another appearance on his rehab assignment on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, May 23rd
	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	The Reds sent Caleb Ferguson on a rehab assignment to Double-A Chattanooga. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	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	Caleb Ferguson is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Chattanooga on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	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	Caleb Ferguson threw 16 pitches in a simulated inning during a live batting practice session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters again on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Apr 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN			Caleb Ferguson RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#326
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#360
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#201
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#282
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Ferguson for Chase Burns (2026)

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