Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Ethan Roberts (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 139	# 780

Projections

Strikeouts	73	11
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.39
WHIP	1.23	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

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	# 380

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	23

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	102.2	25.2

Wins	11	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	77	22

Earned Runs	29	12

Home Runs Allowed	12	3

Strikeouts	118	17

Walks	37	14

ERA	2.54	4.21

WHIP	1.11	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	16

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	63.2	13.2

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	11

Walks	22	6

ERA	3.80	4.39

WHIP	1.23	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Cubs have placed right-hander Ethan Roberts (forearm) on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs recalled RHP Ethan Roberts from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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 Cubs optioned RHP Ethan Roberts to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th
	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 Cubs activated Ethan Roberts from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, May 8th
	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	Ethan Roberts threw a bullpen session on Tuesday Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd
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			Ethan Roberts RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#387
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#309	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#197	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#221
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#113	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#229	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#173
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#192	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#283	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#437
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Ethan Roberts (2026)

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