Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Max Fried SP - NYY
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 12	# 37
VBR	# 142	# 174

Projections

Strikeouts	74	54
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	3.44
WHIP	1.22	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 53

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	# 43

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	# 26

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 36

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 20	# 42

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 17

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Max Fried SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	10

Games Started	18	10

Innings Pitched	102.2	61.2

Wins	11	4

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	77	43

Earned Runs	29	22

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	118	50

Walks	37	19

ERA	2.54	3.21

WHIP	1.11	1.01

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Max Fried SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	10

Games Started	11	10

Innings Pitched	64.1	58.3

Wins	4	4

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	52

Earned Runs	27	22

Home Runs Allowed	9	6

Strikeouts	74	54

Walks	22	18

ERA	3.81	3.44

WHIP	1.22	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Max Fried SP - NYY
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Yankees left-hander Max Fried (elbow) could re-join the club's rotation after just two rehab starts. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 17th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Max Fried will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Max Fried could begin a rehab assignment as early as Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will throw live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried faced hitters again on Sunday at Yankee Stadium. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th
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			Max Fried SP - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#108
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#278	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#286
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#197	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#281
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#317	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL			@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#307
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Thu, May 21st				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Fri, May 22nd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sun, May 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Max Fried (2026)

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