Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Sean Burke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 87	# 368
VBR	# 263	# 1050

Projections

Strikeouts	54	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.35	5.11
WHIP	1.37	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	-	DFA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 124	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 78	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 87	# 352

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 60	# 422

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	33

Games Started	18	0

Innings Pitched	124.1	33.2

Wins	7	0

Losses	5	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	100	29

Earned Runs	42	18

Home Runs Allowed	13	4

Strikeouts	140	32

Walks	37	16

ERA	3.04	4.81

WHIP	1.10	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	53.0	5.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	5

Earned Runs	26	3

Home Runs Allowed	8	1

Strikeouts	54	6

Walks	21	3

ERA	4.35	5.11

WHIP	1.37	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS	Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
News
	Sean Burke allowed three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Craig Kimbrel will be designated for assignment by the Tampa Bay Rays. Diego Sandoval Sun, Aug 2nd
	Sean Burke allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six innings in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	The Rays activated RHP Craig Kimbrel from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	Sean Burke allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five over 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	Craig Kimbrel will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 8th
	Sean Burke will start on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	Craig Kimbrel threw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Sean Burke allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out nine over seven innings in a win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Craig Kimbrel resumed playing catch on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS			Craig Kimbrel RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Mon, Jun 15th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ PHI
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Craig Kimbrel for Sean Burke (2026)

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