Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Zack Kelly (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 12	‐
VBR	# 130	# 920

Projections

Strikeouts	66	4
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	4.05
WHIP	1.22	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

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	# 28	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 22	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	17

Games Started	19	0

Innings Pitched	107.2	16.1

Wins	12	0

Losses	1	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	80	14

Earned Runs	29	6

Home Runs Allowed	12	1

Strikeouts	124	14

Walks	39	7

ERA	2.42	3.31

WHIP	1.11	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	5

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	57.4	4.5

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	4

Earned Runs	24	2

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	66	4

Walks	20	2

ERA	3.78	4.05

WHIP	1.22	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chase Burns SP,RP - CIN	Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
News
	Chase Burns and the Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million extension. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	The Red Sox placed Zack Kelly on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Chase Burns is dealing with groin soreness. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 11th	The Red Sox officially optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	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 Red Sox optioned Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	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	Zack Kelly has been called up from Triple-A. Vince DiSilvio Fri, Apr 3rd
	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	The Red Sox optioned RHP Zack Kelly to Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
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			Zack Kelly SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#317	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#310
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#353
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#349	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#197	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#422
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#198
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#239	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#227	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Fri, May 22nd				vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, May 24th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Chase Burns for Zack Kelly (2026)

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