Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Troy Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	# 191
VBR	# 88	# 300

Projections

Runs	27	16
Home Runs	11	3
RBI	32	16
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.244	.260

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	# 187

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 147	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	# 152

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	# 199

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 162	# 155

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	370	298

Runs	44	33

Hits	88	86

Singles	55	59

Doubles	15	24

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	18	3

RBI	64	41

Stolen Bases	2	4

Caught Stealing	0	5

Walks	31	30

Strikeouts	108	57

Batting Average	.238	.289

On Base Pct	.301	.358

Slugging Pct	.424	.399

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.757

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	204	130

Runs	27	16

Hits	50	34

Singles	30	23

Doubles	9	7

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	11	3

RBI	32	16

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	14	10

Strikeouts	57	28

Batting Average	.244	.260

On Base Pct	.300	.323

Slugging Pct	.450	.395

On-base Plus Slugging	.750	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
News
	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	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run, three runs scored, and four runs batted in during Colorado's 23-9 win over the Athletics on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Jun 15th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Troy Johnston went 2-for-5 with a run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base during the Rockies' loss to the Giants on Sunday. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	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	Troy Johnston had a pair of singles and a walk in four plate appearances on Saturday during Colorado's 5-4 loss to Arizona. He also stole his second base of the season. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	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	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a walk and a pair of runs batted in on Thursday as the Rockies dropped a 10-8 decision to the Padres. David Leisering Fri, Apr 24th
	Jake Burger went 3-for-5 with a run scored, two RBI, and a stolen base in Saturday’s 7-4 win over the Blue Jays. All three of his hits were singles, and the multi-hit effort was his third in his last six games. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	Troy Johnston went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored to lead the Rockies to a 4-3 win over the Dodgers on Saturday. David Leisering Sun, Apr 19th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX			Troy Johnston 1B,LF,RF,DH - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#220
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#217	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#424
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#202	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#215	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#133	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Apr 30th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Thu, May 14th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Aug 17th				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Burger for Troy Johnston (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation