Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Mike Burrows (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 644	# 975

Projections

Strikeouts	25	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.63	4.46
WHIP	1.38	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	1

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	94.2	3.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	5

Earned Runs	63	4

Home Runs Allowed	21	1

Strikeouts	75	2

Walks	35	1

ERA	5.99	9.82

WHIP	1.55	1.64

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	11

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	28.4	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	9

Earned Runs	15	4

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	25	6

Walks	10	3

ERA	4.63	4.46

WHIP	1.38	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Connor Thomas RP - ATL
News
	Astros right-hander Mike Burrows (elbow) will throw a bullpen session at the team's Florida complex on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	The Braves recalled LHP Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Mike Burrows could resume throwing in 7-10 days. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Connor Thomas was optioned back to Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	The Astros placed Mike Burrows on the 15-day injured list with right elbow neuritis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	The Braves have recalled left-hander Connor Thomas from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	The Astros optioned Mike Burrows to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
	Mike Burrows allowed seven earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Monday's loss to the Nationals. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU			Connor Thomas RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#392	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#295	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#356	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#167	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#165	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Connor Thomas for Mike Burrows (2026)

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