Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Mike Burrows (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	# 265
VBR	# 674	# 629

Projections

Strikeouts	25	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.64	4.25
WHIP	1.40	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	# 233

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	# 299

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	36

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	94.2	33.2

Wins	4	0

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	4

Blown Saves	0	2

Holds	0	5

Hits Allowed	112	32

Earned Runs	63	16

Home Runs Allowed	21	2

Strikeouts	75	38

Walks	35	11

ERA	5.99	4.28

WHIP	1.55	1.28

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	19

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	28.5	16.3

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	28	16

Earned Runs	15	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	25	18

Walks	11	6

ERA	4.64	4.25

WHIP	1.40	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
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 Athletics placed Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
	Mike Burrows could resume throwing in 7-10 days. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Athletics activated Mark Leiter Jr. from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Astros placed Mike Burrows on the 15-day injured list with right elbow neuritis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Mark Leiter Jr. is going through a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Astros optioned Mike Burrows to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Athletics placed RHP Mark Leiter Jr. on the 15-day injured list with a right hip impingement. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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	Mark Leiter Jr. allowed two hits and struck out one over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Tuesday’s 5-2 win over Atlanta. Chris Schommer Wed, Apr 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU			Mark Leiter Jr. RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#300	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#338
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#365	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#80	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#230
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ MIN
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#163	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Mark Leiter Jr. for Mike Burrows (2026)

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