Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Kirby Yates (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 187
VBR	# 120	# 454

Projections

Strikeouts	55	18
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	1
ERA	3.76	3.99
WHIP	1.22	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 6	# 182

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 185

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 32	# 168

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 330

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Kirby Yates RP - PIT
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	32

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	118.2	28.1

Wins	13	0

Losses	1	5

Saves	0	3

Blown Saves	0	3

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	20

Earned Runs	31	12

Home Runs Allowed	13	2

Strikeouts	137	36

Walks	43	12

ERA	2.35	3.81

WHIP	1.10	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Kirby Yates RP - PIT
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	18

Games Started	8	0

Innings Pitched	47.6	15.4

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	40	12

Earned Runs	20	7

Home Runs Allowed	7	2

Strikeouts	55	18

Walks	17	7

ERA	3.76	3.99

WHIP	1.22	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Kirby Yates RP - PIT
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	The Pirates activated Kirby Yates. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th
	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 Angels have traded right-hander Kirby Yates to the Pirates in exchange for right-handed pitching prospect Kyle Robinson. Brenton Kemp Mon, Aug 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	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
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			Kirby Yates RP - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#287	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#406
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#231	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ DET
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Kirby Yates (2026)

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