Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Ryan Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 141	# 516

Projections

Strikeouts	73	33
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.70
WHIP	1.23	1.40

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	# 20	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 298

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	10

Games Started	18	7

Innings Pitched	102.2	38.1

Wins	11	2

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	77	39

Earned Runs	29	26

Home Runs Allowed	12	10

Strikeouts	118	30

Walks	37	16

ERA	2.54	6.10

WHIP	1.11	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	13

Games Started	11	6

Innings Pitched	63.2	38.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	40

Earned Runs	27	20

Home Runs Allowed	9	6

Strikeouts	73	33

Walks	22	12

ERA	3.80	4.70

WHIP	1.23	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Ryan Johnson will start on Sunday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Ryan Johnson allowed three earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer 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	Ryan Johnson allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over four innings in Sunday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 6th
	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	Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out three over five innings in Monday’s loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Ryan Johnson allowed one hit and one walk while striking out a career-high eight over six scoreless innings on Tuesday, helping the Angels to a 5-1 win over the Orioles. David Leisering Wed, Jun 24th
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			Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#319	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#356	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#345	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#231	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#306
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#305	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#289	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 24th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Ryan Johnson (2026)

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