Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Sean Burke (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 120	# 97
VBR	# 375	# 269

Projections

Strikeouts	44	51
Wins	2	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.44	4.31
WHIP	1.37	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 105	# 119

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 83	# 112

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 129	# 164

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 112	# 60

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 112

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	22

Games Started	12	18

Innings Pitched	62.2	124.1

Wins	3	7

Losses	2	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	64	100

Earned Runs	32	42

Home Runs Allowed	9	13

Strikeouts	50	140

Walks	27	37

ERA	4.60	3.04

WHIP	1.45	1.10

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	9

Games Started	8	9

Innings Pitched	46.6	49.5

Wins	2	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	46	45

Earned Runs	23	24

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	44	51

Walks	14	20

ERA	4.44	4.31

WHIP	1.37	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN	Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
News
	Reds left-hander Nick Lodolo (blister) threw a 50-pitch live batting practice session on Friday. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Sean Burke allowed three hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Thursday’s 2-1 win over the Yankees. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	Reds manager Terry Francona said Nick Lodolo will face hitters for two or three innings of a live BP. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Sean Burke allowed two earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six innings in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th
	Nick Lodolo threw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Sean Burke allowed two hits and one walk while striking out five over 6 2/3 scoreless innings in a win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th
	Nick Lodolo is scheduled to throw another bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	Sean Burke will start on Sunday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Nick Lodolo is expected to attempt to throw a bullpen on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Sean Burke allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out nine over seven innings in a win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Lodolo SP - CIN			Sean Burke SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#304	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#328	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			vs COL
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 24th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Nick Lodolo for Sean Burke (2026)

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