Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	# 12
VBR	# 31	# 130

Projections

Strikeouts	81	66
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	2.93	3.78
WHIP	1.11	1.22

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 4	# 7

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	# 11

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 5	# 9

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	# 9

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 3	# 28

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	# 22

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


Games Played	21	19

Games Started	21	19

Innings Pitched	115.1	107.2

Wins	9	12

Losses	8	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	96	80

Earned Runs	47	29

Home Runs Allowed	11	12

Strikeouts	138	124

Walks	26	39

ERA	3.67	2.42

WHIP	1.06	1.11

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


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	10

Innings Pitched	69.0	57.4

Wins	5	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	49

Earned Runs	22	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	8

Strikeouts	81	66

Walks	18	20

ERA	2.93	3.78

WHIP	1.11	1.22

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN
News
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Paul Skenes allowed eight runs (seven earned) on six hits over four innings with five strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Paul Skenes (2026)

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