Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 174
VBR	# 164	# 559

Projections

Strikeouts	58	21
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.33
WHIP	1.23	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 194

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 191

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 27	# 209

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 196

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	17

Games Started	20	10

Innings Pitched	112.2	56.1

Wins	12	4

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	85	56

Earned Runs	30	38

Home Runs Allowed	13	12

Strikeouts	128	44

Walks	41	20

ERA	2.40	6.07

WHIP	1.12	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	19

Games Started	9	1

Innings Pitched	50.7	24.5

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	43	24

Earned Runs	21	12

Home Runs Allowed	7	3

Strikeouts	58	21

Walks	18	7

ERA	3.80	4.33

WHIP	1.23	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
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	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	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	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	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	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
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			Steven Matz SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#204
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#235	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#331	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#275
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#293	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#32	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 22nd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Steven Matz (2026)

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