Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 133	# 1144

Projections

Strikeouts	64	41
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	5.38
WHIP	1.22	1.56

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 393

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	22

Games Started	19	21

Innings Pitched	107.2	100.2

Wins	12	3

Losses	1	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	80	141

Earned Runs	29	75

Home Runs Allowed	12	16

Strikeouts	124	78

Walks	39	39

ERA	2.42	6.71

WHIP	1.11	1.79

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	13

Games Started	10	9

Innings Pitched	55.6	54.4

Wins	4	2

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	62

Earned Runs	23	32

Home Runs Allowed	8	10

Strikeouts	64	41

Walks	19	21

ERA	3.78	5.38

WHIP	1.22	1.56

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
News
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed six earned runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Michael Lorenzen allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in a 3-1 loss to the Giants. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed four earned runs on four hits and six walks while striking out one over 4 1/3 innings in Thursday's win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd
	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	Michael Lorenzen allowed two earned runs on seven hits while striking out one over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
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			Michael Lorenzen SP,RP - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#313
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#250
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#409
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs STL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Fri, May 22nd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, May 24th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, Jun 11th				vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Michael Lorenzen (2026)

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