Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Jordan Wicks (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 164	# 652

Projections

Strikeouts	58	9
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.32
WHIP	1.23	1.37

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	# 27	# 346

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	‐

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


Games Played	20	4

Games Started	20	2

Innings Pitched	112.2	10.1

Wins	12	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	2

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	85	18

Earned Runs	30	12

Home Runs Allowed	13	1

Strikeouts	128	8

Walks	41	2

ERA	2.40	10.45

WHIP	1.12	1.94

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


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	50.1	11.0

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	11

Earned Runs	21	5

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	58	9

Walks	18	4

ERA	3.81	4.32

WHIP	1.23	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	Chase Burns allowed five runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Monday’s contest between the Cleveland Guardians and Cincinnati Reds has been postponed due to inclement weather the club announced. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
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			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
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 (14-4)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Fri, May 22nd				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, May 24th				vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Jordan Wicks (2026)

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