DJ Herz or Justin Steele

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DJ Herz or Justin Steele Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Stats


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DJ Herz or Justin Steele Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	DJ Herz SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	15	18

Games Started	15	2

Innings Pitched	86.0	32.5

Wins	6	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	77	27

Earned Runs	34	15

Home Runs Allowed	9	3

Strikeouts	79	31

Walks	23	13

ERA	3.60	4.17

WHIP	1.16	1.24

DJ Herz or Justin Steele Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	DJ Herz SP - WSH
News
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	DJ Herz threw two scoreless innings in his first rehab start on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th	The Nationals sent LHP DJ Herz on a rehab assignment to the FCL Nationals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele's flexor strain will keep him out of the rotation until after the All-Star Break. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	DJ Herz threw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Justin Steele suffered a setback in his recovery and has been shutdown. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th	DJ Herz is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 15th
	Justin Steele told reporters he’s targeting a return to the Cubs’ rotation in May or June. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st	DJ Herz threw a bullpen session this week. Ari Koslow Sat, May 9th
Notes
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DJ Herz or Justin Steele Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Steele SP - CHC			DJ Herz SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-4)	#83	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#270	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#205	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson		@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)	#396
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (7-4)	#51	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-7)	#167
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (7-2)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#109	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#38
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-2)	#54	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-3)	#22	vs STL	Andre Pallante (6-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#85
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#128	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#121	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-1)	#66
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (7-2)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#34	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (5-3)	#92
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (1-1)	#162
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#124	vs SF	Logan Webb (3-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-4)	#25	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#207
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#190	vs SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#79
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#34	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-3)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#9	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#122
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-0)	#165
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (7-2)	#3	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#239
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-3)	#49	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#179
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#103	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#220
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#114	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#202	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#159
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#376	@ NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#138
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-4)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#72	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (7-2)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#95	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-4)	#98	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#56
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#93	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-2)	#67
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#160	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#106
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#186	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#296
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-5)	#75	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (5-4)	#7	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (5-4)	#63
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#127	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#160
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#239	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (2-1)	#74
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-4)	#5	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#23
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (3-3)	#126	vs BAL	Shane Baz (3-6)	#77
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#84	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#125
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#405	vs BAL	Brandon Young (4-1)	#187
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#156	vs NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#89
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (7-2)	#12	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#32
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#52	vs NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#291
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (3-5)	#138
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-3)	#105
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-4)	#195	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#127
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	@ ATL	Martin Perez (4-3)	#198
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (1-7)	#46
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-3)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-3)	#109
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-7)	#121	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#31
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (6-4)	#151	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-1)	#177
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#149	vs SD	Michael King (4-5)	#40
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#102	vs SD	Griffin Canning (0-4)	#155
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (5-4)	#63
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (2-1)	#129	vs MIA	Lake Bachar
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#123	vs MIA	Max Meyer (6-0)	#59
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#79	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-4)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#71	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2)	#107
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (2-3)	#148	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (3-4)	#10
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4)	#433	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#207
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429	@ SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#71	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (2-0)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (2-3)	#148	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#43
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (3-4)	#10	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#429	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#117
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#430	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL			vs KC	Luinder Avila (1-2)	#216
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR			@ TB
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR			@ TB
Sun, Jun 21st	vs TOR			@ TB
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ NYM			vs PHI
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM			vs PHI
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM			vs PHI
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL			@ BAL
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD			@ BOS
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD			@ BOS
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD			@ BOS
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL			vs PIT
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL			vs PIT
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL			vs PIT
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN			vs NYY
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL			vs TOR
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs TOR
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs TOR
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-4)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#407
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#118
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#430
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA