Hunter Brown or Justin Steele

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News & Notes
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Hunter Brown or Justin Steele Player Statistics
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	2	‐

Games Started	2	‐

Innings Pitched	10.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	0.84	‐

WHIP	1.03	‐

Hunter Brown or Justin Steele Player Projections
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	15

Games Started	30	15

Innings Pitched	177.4	86.0

Wins	12	6

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	150	77

Earned Runs	65	34

Home Runs Allowed	19	9

Strikeouts	192	79

Walks	58	23

ERA	3.28	3.60

WHIP	1.17	1.16

Hunter Brown or Justin Steele Player Notes
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU	Justin Steele SP - CHC
News
	Hunter Brown’s next start will come at Triple-A Sugar Land on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 6th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Astros manager Joe Espada said no decision has been made on whether Hunter Brown makes next start in Triple-A or with Houston. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th
	Hunter Brown made his third rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday, allowing one run on three hits and one walk while striking out four across 4.1 innings. Nicholas Rodriguez 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
	Hunter Brown is throwing a bullpen session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd	Justin Steele suffered a setback in his recovery and has been shutdown. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Hunter Brown will pitch on Thursday with Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st	Justin Steele told reporters he’s targeting a return to the Cubs’ rotation in May or June. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
Notes
	By the end of 2024, it seemed Hunter Brown had unlocked his potential; in 2025, the door came flying open. The 26-year-old started 31 games, throwing 185 1/3 innings with a 2.43 ERA and 206 strikeouts. He increased his strikeout rate to 28.3% and lowered his walk rate to 7.8% to provide fantasy managers with an excellent WHIP of 1.03. Brown did benefit from some luck with a .262 BABIP, leading to an 82% LOB rate and an xERA of 3.17. Even with these small corrections, fantasy managers should view Brown as a bona fide SP1 heading into the 2026 season. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Hunter Brown or Justin Steele Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Hunter Brown SP - HOU			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#86
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#46	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-5)	#257
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-4)	#407	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#205
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#173	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#18	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#122	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#107
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#364
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#211	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-2)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#427	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#380	@ TB	Mason Englert
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#426	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#149
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#89	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#127
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#44	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#36
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#15	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-6)	#120
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-5)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (7-2)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#426	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#8
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#140	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#125
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (6-4)	#152	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (4-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#103	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-2)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#40	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#70	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-2)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-4)	#77	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#114
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#248	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (3-5)	#79	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#207
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (4-1)	#189
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (1-1)	#302	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-3)	#91	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#95
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#28	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-4)	#96
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5-4)	#13	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#408
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (6-2)	#1	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#97
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#170
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (2-1)	#76	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#65
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#97	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (4-4)	#7
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-4)	#6	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#130
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#49	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#44	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-4)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (4-4)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-2)	#84
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#19	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (1-5)	#421
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-0)	#226	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#154
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-3)	#72	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#12
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#14	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (7-1)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#99	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#132
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#151	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-4)	#187
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#27	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#104	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#127
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#36
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (4-4)	#7	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-6)	#120
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#19	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#200	@ STL	Andre Pallante (6-4)	#152
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#154	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#103
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (2-6)	#120	vs ATH	Gage Jump (1-1)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (1-0)	#66	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#121
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-3)	#109	vs SF	Robbie Ray (4-6)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris	#300	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#74
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (1-1)	#129	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (2-3)	#144
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-2)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (3-4)	#391	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4)	#430
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#46	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#426
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila		@ SF	Landen Roupp (5-6)	#74
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#94	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (2-3)	#144
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (3-1)	#169	@ SF	Logan Webb (3-4)	#11
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET			vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-8)	#426
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET			vs COL
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET			vs COL
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE			vs TOR
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET			@ NYM
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET			@ MIL
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN			vs SD
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN			vs SD
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN			vs SD
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB			vs STL
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB			vs STL
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB			vs STL
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL			vs MIN
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA			vs DET
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA			vs DET
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA			vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			vs NYY
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 (7-2)	#3
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#294
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#188
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (2-1)	#427
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL