Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Jake Burger (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	‐
VBR	# 88	‐

Projections

Runs	19	‐
Home Runs	8	‐
RBI	23	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.243	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 126	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 147	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 64	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 162	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	425	22

Runs	49	4

Hits	99	4

Singles	63	2

Doubles	17	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	19	1

RBI	68	2

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	34	2

Strikeouts	124	8

Batting Average	.233	.182

On Base Pct	.293	.280

Slugging Pct	.407	.364

On-base Plus Slugging	.700	.644

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	148	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	36	‐

Singles	21	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	23	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	10	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Batting Average	.243	‐

On Base Pct	.299	‐

Slugging Pct	.447	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
News
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	CJ Kayfus was activated from the injured list in Triple-A. Ari Koslow Tue, May 19th
	Jake Burger went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	CJ Kayfus was sent down to Triple-A on Monday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	CJ Kayfus went 2-for-2 in win over the Cubs with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 6th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to the Tigers. He opened the scoring in the third inning by taking Casey Mize deep for his 15th homer of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX			CJ Kayfus 1B,LF,RF - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#165	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#75
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#178	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#99	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#28	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#323	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#178
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#118	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#65
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#323	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (4-2)	#192	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#235	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#144
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#292	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#239	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#426	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#255	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#74
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#96	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#195
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#348
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#348
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#65	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#21
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#71
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#109
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#313	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#211	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#239
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#111
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#183	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#282	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#86
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#411	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#275	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#185
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#29	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#161
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#365
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#139	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#189	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#202	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#269	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#244	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#252	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#87	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#313
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#178	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-0)	#164	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#189
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#198
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#98	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#242
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	George Klassen (1-1)	#244	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#393
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

CJ Kayfus for Jake Burger (2026)

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