Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 155
VBR	# 128	# 337

Projections

Strikeouts	68	49
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	4.43
WHIP	1.22	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 196

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 201

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 28	# 134

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 127

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	19

Games Started	19	17

Innings Pitched	107.2	96.0

Wins	12	3

Losses	1	8

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	89

Earned Runs	29	44

Home Runs Allowed	12	12

Strikeouts	124	86

Walks	39	36

ERA	2.42	4.13

WHIP	1.11	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	11	10

Innings Pitched	58.7	55.9

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	50	54

Earned Runs	25	27

Home Runs Allowed	8	8

Strikeouts	68	49

Walks	20	20

ERA	3.79	4.43

WHIP	1.22	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Kumar Rocker allowed one hit and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Kumar Rocker allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Kumar Rocker took the loss Sunday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on five hits and one walk over 4.1 innings. He struck out four. Most of the damage came on a two-run homer by Riley Greene in the fourth inning, and Rocker exited in the fifth after allowing a single. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 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	Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th
	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	Kumar Rocker did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Blue Jays after allowing four hits and one walk over six scoreless innings. He struck out five while recording his fourth quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN			Kumar Rocker SP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#315	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#349
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#139
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#314	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#260	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#222
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#142
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ ARI
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, May 22nd				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, May 24th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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