Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	# 192
VBR	# 141	# 542

Projections

Strikeouts	73	44
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.79
WHIP	1.23	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 7	# 197

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 11	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 9	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 9	# 202

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 20	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	19

Games Started	18	19

Innings Pitched	102.2	89.0

Wins	11	5

Losses	1	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	77	93

Earned Runs	29	53

Home Runs Allowed	12	12

Strikeouts	118	81

Walks	37	35

ERA	2.54	5.36

WHIP	1.11	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	12

Games Started	11	9

Innings Pitched	63.2	52.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	53

Earned Runs	27	28

Home Runs Allowed	9	8

Strikeouts	73	44

Walks	22	21

ERA	3.80	4.79

WHIP	1.23	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Walker Buehler SP - SD
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	Walker Buehler allowed four runs on three hits over two innings with one strikeout and four walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	Walker Buehler allowed seven runs on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed nine runs on seven hits over four innings with six strikeouts and four walks in a loss on Wednesday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Walker Buehler allowed one run on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with five strikeouts and three walks in a win on Friday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed one run on five hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Saturday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
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			Walker Buehler SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#318	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#245
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#275	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-2)	#304	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#288	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL			@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE			vs COL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE			vs COL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT			vs SF
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT			vs SF
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT			vs SF
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, May 22nd				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, May 24th				vs ATH	Luis Medina (1-1)	#262
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Walker Buehler (2026)

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