Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 107
VBR	# 140	# 428

Projections

Strikeouts	56	36
Wins	3	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	4.31
WHIP	1.22	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 6	# 120

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	# 106

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 102

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 32	# 172

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 142

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	16

Games Started	21	15

Innings Pitched	118.2	61.2

Wins	13	6

Losses	1	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	87	50

Earned Runs	31	38

Home Runs Allowed	13	9

Strikeouts	137	77

Walks	43	40

ERA	2.35	5.55

WHIP	1.10	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	16

Games Started	9	4

Innings Pitched	48.4	33.5

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	41	30

Earned Runs	20	16

Home Runs Allowed	7	5

Strikeouts	56	36

Walks	17	16

ERA	3.78	4.31

WHIP	1.22	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
News
	Chase Burns allowed one earned run on two hits and two walks while striking out nine over six innings in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Astros manager Joe Espada said Tatsuya Imai will be moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on one hit and four walks while striking out one over 2/3 of an inning in Monday’s win over the Angels. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Tatsuya Imai allowed one earned run on four hits and three walks while striking out eight over six innings in Tuesday’s win over the Marlins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th
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			Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, May 22nd				@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sun, May 24th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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