Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Mick Abel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 201
VBR	# 141	# 733

Projections

Strikeouts	73	20
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.47
WHIP	1.23	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 152

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 151

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 20	# 331

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 305

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	4

Games Started	18	3

Innings Pitched	102.2	20.1

Wins	11	1

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	77	22

Earned Runs	29	9

Home Runs Allowed	12	0

Strikeouts	118	23

Walks	37	10

ERA	2.54	3.98

WHIP	1.11	1.57

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Mick Abel SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	6

Games Started	11	3

Innings Pitched	63.2	20.8

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	20

Earned Runs	27	10

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	73	20

Walks	22	9

ERA	3.80	4.47

WHIP	1.23	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Mick Abel SP - MIN
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Twins transferred RHP Mick Abel to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Mick Abel remains without a timetable to return. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Mick Abel is set to undergo arthroscopic right elbow surgery, and his timetable for return will be determined after the surgery. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Twins manager Derek Shelton said Mick Abel will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	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	Mick Abel underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
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			Mick Abel SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			vs KC
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, May 22nd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sun, May 24th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Mick Abel (2026)

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