Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Jose Alvarado (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 268
VBR	# 140	# 408

Projections

Strikeouts	56	20
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	3.57
WHIP	1.22	1.28

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 6	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 32	# 152

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 427

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	47

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	118.2	41.0

Wins	13	3

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	10

Hits Allowed	87	46

Earned Runs	31	26

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	137	53

Walks	43	15

ERA	2.35	5.71

WHIP	1.10	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	21

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	48.4	17.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	4

Hits Allowed	41	15

Earned Runs	20	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	56	20

Walks	17	7

ERA	3.78	3.57

WHIP	1.22	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
News
	Chase Burns allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out nine over six innings in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th
	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	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
	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
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
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			Jose Alvarado RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#286
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#344
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TB
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, May 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, May 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Jose Alvarado (2026)

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