Justin Steele or Kris Bubic

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Justin Steele or Kris Bubic Player Statistics
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	50.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Justin Steele or Kris Bubic Player Projections
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	31	15

Games Started	24	15

Innings Pitched	140.8	86.0

Wins	9	6

Losses	8	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	130	77

Earned Runs	57	34

Home Runs Allowed	14	9

Strikeouts	135	79

Walks	46	23

ERA	3.67	3.60

WHIP	1.25	1.16

Justin Steele or Kris Bubic Player Notes
	Kris Bubic SP - KC	Justin Steele SP - CHC
News
	Royals left-hander Kris Bubic (elbow) has begun throwing, but it still dealing with general arm fatigue. Brenton Kemp Thu, May 28th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Kris Bubic said he is hopeful to have a short stint on the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th
	The Royals placed Kris Bubic on the 15-day injured list with left elbow soreness. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th	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
	Kris Bubic allowed five earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over four innings in Thursday's loss to the White Sox. Chase Davis Fri, May 15th	Justin Steele suffered a setback in his recovery and has been shutdown. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Kris Bubic allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks while striking out five over 5.2 innings in Friday's 4-3 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sat, May 9th	Justin Steele told reporters he’s targeting a return to the Cubs’ rotation in May or June. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
Notes
	Bubic is going under the radar despite his rather impressive injury-shortened 2025 season. Over 20 starts, Bubic posted a 2.55 ERA (2.89 FIP) and 8.97 K9. This Spring, he is picking up right where he left off, with an 11.25 K9 over his 8 innings pitched. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Justin Steele or Kris Bubic Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kris Bubic SP - KC			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (2-1)	#108	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#215
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#222	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#155
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-2)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	@ TB	Mason Englert
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (1-0)	#53	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (2-4)	#26	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (0-7)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-3)	#66	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-6)	#43	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-3)	#125	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#155	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (2-4)	#421	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#307
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (2-5)	#46	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#93
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#416
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#221	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#163	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (6-2)	#18
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#181
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#60	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-2)	#36	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (5-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-0)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#163
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-4)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (1-3)	#82	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (1-3)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX			@ COL
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU			@ SF
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU			@ SF
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH			vs COL
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH			vs COL
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH			vs COL
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL			vs TOR
Sat, Jun 20th				vs TOR
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL			vs TOR
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB			@ NYM
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB			@ NYM
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB			@ NYM
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB			vs SD
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB			vs SD
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI			vs STL
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI			vs STL
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD			vs MIN
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD			vs MIN
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD			vs MIN
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF			vs DET
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET			@ PIT
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET			@ PIT
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (2-3)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU