Who Should I Trade?

Mike Burrows for Vince Velasquez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	‐
VBR	# 536	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	29	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.68	‐
WHIP	1.39	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 145	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 449	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	2

Games Started	17	0

Innings Pitched	94.2	3.1

Wins	4	0

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	112	1

Earned Runs	63	0

Home Runs Allowed	21	0

Strikeouts	75	1

Walks	35	0

ERA	5.99	0.00

WHIP	1.55	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	33.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	32	‐

Earned Runs	17	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	29	‐

Walks	12	‐

ERA	4.68	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Burrows SP,RP - HOU	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	Mike Burrows could resume throwing in 7-10 days. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Astros placed Mike Burrows on the 15-day injured list with right elbow neuritis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Astros optioned Mike Burrows to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	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	The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Mike Burrows allowed four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over five innings in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 1st	The Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
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			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#292	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#82	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Mike Burrows for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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