Who Should I Trade?

Mike Burrows for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 192	# 354
VBR	# 636	# 584

Projections

Strikeouts	22	12
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.64	3.97
WHIP	1.39	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 166	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 224	# 323

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	46

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	94.2	40.2

Wins	4	4

Losses	9	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	112	50

Earned Runs	63	19

Home Runs Allowed	21	3

Strikeouts	75	29

Walks	35	13

ERA	5.99	4.20

WHIP	1.55	1.55

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	18

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	25.5	15.7

Wins	1	1

Losses	2	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	25	16

Earned Runs	13	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	22	12

Walks	9	5

ERA	4.64	3.97

WHIP	1.39	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
News
	Mike Burrows threw a 35-pitch live batting practice session on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
	Mike Burrows is continuing to throw bullpens at Astros team facility in Florida. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Astros right-hander Mike Burrows (elbow) will throw a bullpen session at the team's Florida complex on Friday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Mike Burrows could resume throwing in 7-10 days. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	The Astros placed Mike Burrows on the 15-day injured list with right elbow neuritis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th
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			Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#231
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#330	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			@ ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Mike Burrows for Ryan Thompson (2026)

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