Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Corbin Burnes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 7	‐
VBR	# 66	# 503

Projections

Strikeouts	68	12
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.13	3.77
WHIP	1.15	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 6	# 261

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	117.0	‐

Wins	12	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	93	‐

Earned Runs	27	‐

Home Runs Allowed	8	‐

Strikeouts	143	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	2.08	‐

WHIP	1.02	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	2

Games Started	9	2

Innings Pitched	55.8	12.3

Wins	4	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	11

Earned Runs	19	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	68	12

Walks	15	4

ERA	3.13	3.77

WHIP	1.15	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
News
	Chris Sale allowed only two hits and no walks while striking out nine over six innings in Wednesday night's 1-0 win against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 29th	Corbin Burnes restarted his throwing program. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Chris Sale gave up three runs on five hits and a walk while striking out 11 over six innings in Thursday's 6-5 win against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd	Corbin Burnes has begun a throwing program after Friday's follow-up MRI came back clean. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Corbin Burnes will undergo an MRI on Friday to evaluate the progress of his elbow recovery. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	Corbin Burnes told reporters he expects to return by September. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
	Chris Sale gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 11th	Arizona manager Torey Lovullo announced on Wednesday that Corbin Burnes suffered a lat strain during his Tommy John rehab and has been shut down from throwing. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Corbin Burnes SP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th				vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Corbin Burnes (2026)

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