Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Mike Burrows (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	James Karinchak RP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	‐
VBR	# 533	# 658

Projections

Strikeouts	25	16
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.65	4.44
WHIP	1.39	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 220	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	# 325

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


Games Played	18	9

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	94.2	9.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	112	4

Earned Runs	63	2

Home Runs Allowed	21	1

Strikeouts	75	8

Walks	35	5

ERA	5.99	1.86

WHIP	1.55	0.93

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


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	28.2	13.4

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	28	11

Earned Runs	15	7

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	25	16

Walks	11	7

ERA	4.65	4.44

WHIP	1.39	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	James Karinchak 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 have recalled right-hander James Karinchak from Triple-A Gwinnett. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 7th
	Mike Burrows could resume throwing in 7-10 days. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	James Karinchak was optioned back to Triple-A Gwinnett ahead of Friday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Astros placed Mike Burrows on the 15-day injured list with right elbow neuritis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	James Karinchak was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 10th
	The Astros optioned Mike Burrows to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Braves have reassigned right-hander James Karinchak to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 11th
	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			James Karinchak RP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#365	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
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)	#109	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#322
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#36
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#347
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#339	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#228
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
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)	#61
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 (9-6)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#145
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

James Karinchak for Mike Burrows (2026)

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