Drew Rasmussen or Justin Steele

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Drew Rasmussen or Justin Steele Player Statistics
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	117.1	‐

Wins	10	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	88	‐

Earned Runs	38	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	122	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.91	‐

WHIP	0.92	‐

Drew Rasmussen or Justin Steele Player Projections
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	15

Games Started	30	15

Innings Pitched	152.9	86.0

Wins	10	6

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	137	77

Earned Runs	60	34

Home Runs Allowed	17	9

Strikeouts	137	79

Walks	40	23

ERA	3.54	3.60

WHIP	1.16	1.16

Drew Rasmussen or Justin Steele Player Notes
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB	Justin Steele SP - CHC
News
	Drew Rasmussen allowed four hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 2nd	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Drew Rasmussen allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out nine across seven scoreless innings in Sunday's 1-0 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Drew Rasmussen allowed two runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out five across five innings in Tuesday's 10-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Drew Rasmussen allowed six runs on seven hits and no walks while striking out two across 2.1 innings in Thursday's 12-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Drew Rasmussen allowed five runs on six hits and one walk while striking out two across five innings in Saturday's 10-8 loss against the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
	Everyone seems to be forgetting the Rays are moving back into their spacious, pitcher-friendly ballpark in 2026 and ranking Drew Rasmussen way too low. He gave up more than 1.0 HR/9 for the first time in his career, but allowed twice as many at home in George Steinbrenner Field, which he won't have to deal with this season. His strikeout rate is middle of the road at 21.7%, but his walk rate is an impressive 6.3%, offering a WHIP below 1.10 every year of his career. He started 31 games last season, and even though his xERA (3.43) was higher than his actual (2.76), his ERA and FIP numbers from the previous two years, when he got to pitch at Tropicana Field, were stellar. It's worth it to target all of the Rays pitchers, but Rasmussen leads the way and would make a solid SP3 or SP4 on any fantasy pitching staff. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros
	The only thing preventing Rasmussen from entering the top 15 starter realm is the start-to-start load management, which is not projected to change. However, you'll get consistently good starts and great ratios, although the lack of innings pitched will cap his upside. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Drew Rasmussen or Justin Steele Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drew Rasmussen SP - TB			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#337
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#184
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#356
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#362
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#262
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#213	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#210	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#170	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#346	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ MIA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL