Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for Chase Burns (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 76
VBR	# 135	# 228

Projections

Strikeouts	66	50
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.75	3.96
WHIP	1.22	1.27

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 109

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	# 92

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	# 84

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 131

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 28	# 58

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 51

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Casey Mize SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	16

Games Started	19	16

Innings Pitched	107.2	86.2

Wins	12	4

Losses	1	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	67

Earned Runs	29	26

Home Runs Allowed	12	5

Strikeouts	124	85

Walks	39	19

ERA	2.42	2.70

WHIP	1.11	0.99

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Casey Mize SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	56.9	54.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	48	52

Earned Runs	24	24

Home Runs Allowed	8	7

Strikeouts	66	50

Walks	20	15

ERA	3.75	3.96

WHIP	1.22	1.27

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Casey Mize SP - DET
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Casey Mize allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out three over six innings in Saturday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Casey Mize has been cleared to start on Saturday against the Royals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Casey Mize is expected to be good to go for his next scheduled start. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	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	Casey Mize will undergo testing on his groin injury. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Casey Mize exited Sunday’s contest between the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels due to groin tightness and an apparent wrist injury according to Chris McCosky. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN			Casey Mize SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#324	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 22nd				@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Casey Mize for Chase Burns (2026)

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