Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Quinn Mathews (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 164	# 590

Projections

Strikeouts	58	25
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.81	4.33
WHIP	1.23	1.46

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	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	1

Games Started	20	1

Innings Pitched	112.2	5.0

Wins	12	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	85	6

Earned Runs	30	2

Home Runs Allowed	13	0

Strikeouts	128	3

Walks	41	3

ERA	2.40	3.60

WHIP	1.12	1.80

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	10

Games Started	9	4

Innings Pitched	50.1	25.8

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	23

Earned Runs	21	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	58	25

Walks	18	14

ERA	3.81	4.33

WHIP	1.23	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Quinn Mathews SP - STL
News
	Chase Burns allowed five runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	Quinn Mathews allowed two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Blue Jays. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd
	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	The Cardinals selected the contract of Quinn Mathews. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Quinn Mathews will be called up to make his MLB debut on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th
	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
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN			Quinn Mathews SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ MIL
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Thu, May 21st				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Quinn Mathews (2026)

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