Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Daniel Espino (2026)

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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 141	# 657

Projections

Strikeouts	73	15
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.04
WHIP	1.23	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

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	# 20	# 445

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	5

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	102.2	5.0

Wins	11	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	77	5

Earned Runs	29	3

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	118	9

Walks	37	3

ERA	2.54	5.40

WHIP	1.11	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	16

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	63.2	13.0

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	12

Earned Runs	27	6

Home Runs Allowed	9	2

Strikeouts	73	15

Walks	22	7

ERA	3.80	4.04

WHIP	1.23	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Guardians optioned RHP Daniel Espino to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Daniel Espino struck out two over a perfect inning in Wednesday's 9-4 loss to the Brewers. Matthew Adam Thu, Jun 18th
	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	Daniel Espino will be called up from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Friday's game against the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	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	The Guardians have optioned right-hander Daniel Espino (shoulder) to Triple-A Columbus. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 9th
	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
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			Daniel Espino SP,RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TB
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Daniel Espino (2026)

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