Justin Steele or Trevor McDonald
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| Justin Steele SP - CHC  | Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | ‐ | 6 |
| Games Started | ‐ | 6 |
| Innings Pitched | ‐ | 34.0 |
| Wins | ‐ | 2 |
| Losses | ‐ | 3 |
| Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| Blown Saves | ‐ | 0 |
| Holds | ‐ | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | ‐ | 30 |
| Earned Runs | ‐ | 17 |
| Home Runs Allowed | ‐ | 3 |
| Strikeouts | ‐ | 31 |
| Walks | ‐ | 9 |
| ERA | ‐ | 4.50 |
| WHIP | ‐ | 1.15 |
| Justin Steele SP - CHC | Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 15 | 25 |
| Games Started | 15 | 9 |
| Innings Pitched | 86.0 | 69.4 |
| Wins | 6 | 3 |
| Losses | 4 | 4 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 1 |
| Hits Allowed | 77 | 69 |
| Earned Runs | 34 | 33 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 9 | 8 |
| Strikeouts | 79 | 53 |
| Walks | 23 | 24 |
| ERA | 3.60 | 4.32 |
| WHIP | 1.16 | 1.34 |
| Justin Steele SP - CHC | Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF | |
| News | ||
| Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th | Trevor McDonald allowed three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Brewers. Chris Schommer Wed, Jun 3rd | |
| Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th | Trevor McDonald allowed two earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six over 6 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, May 28th | |
| 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 | Trevor McDonald allowed seven earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out four over 3 2/3 innings in Friday's loss to the White Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, May 23rd | |
| Justin Steele suffered a setback in his recovery and has been shutdown. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | Trevor McDonald allowed one earned run on five hits and one walk while striking out five over 6 2/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, May 17th | |
| Justin Steele told reporters he’s targeting a return to the Cubs’ rotation in May or June. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st | Trevor McDonald allowed three earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out four over 5 1/3 innings in Monday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Tue, May 12th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Justin Steele SP - CHC | Trevor McDonald SP,RP - SF | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #84 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-5) | #259 | vs NYY | Will Warren (7-1) | #68 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #208 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #203 | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #51 | @ SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #358 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #142 | @ SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #139 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #105 | vs NYM | Nolan McLean (3-4) | #32 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-2) | #58 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #124 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 | vs PHI | Andrew Painter (1-7) | #166 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | @ TB | Mason Englert | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (7-2) | #3 | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #159 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #34 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #128 | @ BAL | Shane Baz (3-5) | #77 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #35 | @ BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-4) | #123 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-6) | #121 | @ BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #236 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (7-2) | #3 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #34 | @ CIN | Brady Singer (2-6) | #167 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 | @ CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #187 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #124 | @ WSH | Zack Littell (6-4) | #151 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (4-4) | #25 | @ WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #84 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #190 | @ WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #316 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #34 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 | vs LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) | #13 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | vs LAD | Shohei Ohtani (6-2) | #1 | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (7-2) | #3 | vs LAD | Tyler Glasnow (3-0) | #38 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #48 | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (4-4) | #66 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #103 | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #115 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #114 | vs MIA | Max Meyer (6-0) | #60 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #189 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #203 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #9 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #376 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #73 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (6-3) | #22 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #95 | @ TB | Griffin Jax (1-4) | #61 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-4) | #97 | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-3) | #100 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #408 | vs SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #189 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #94 | vs SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #203 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-6) | #167 | vs SD | Bradgley Rodriguez | |
| Thu, May 7th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #187 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #104 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #128 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (3-5) | #71 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #35 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (4-4) | #7 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-6) | #121 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (4-2) | #127 | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) | #13 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #241 | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (6-2) | #1 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-4) | #5 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-2) | #48 |
| Fri, May 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (3-3) | #126 | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #213 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #83 | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #168 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (1-5) | #413 | @ ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #125 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #156 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-5) | #73 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (7-2) | #12 | @ ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #95 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #52 | @ ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-4) | #97 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #132 | vs CWS | Davis Martin (8-2) | #83 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-4) | #193 | vs CWS | Bryan Hudson (3-2) | #178 |
| Sun, May 24th | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (5-4) | #214 | vs CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #128 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-4) | #97 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (5-3) | #35 | vs ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-2) | #108 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (2-6) | #121 | vs ARI | Michael Soroka (7-3) | #57 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ STL | Andre Pallante (6-4) | #148 | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #429 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #152 | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #430 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (3-3) | #102 | @ COL | Tanner Gordon (0-1) | #351 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs ATH | Gage Jump (1-1) | #130 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (7-1) | #52 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #125 | @ MIL | Robert Gasser (0-2) | #172 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #118 | @ MIL | Coleman Crow (0-1) | #197 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs SF | Robbie Ray (4-6) | #80 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-3) | #62 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-6) | #72 | @ CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #46 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs SF | Trevor McDonald (2-3) | #150 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #113 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (5-4) | #433 | vs WSH | Andrew Alvarez (1-0) | #175 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #429 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (7-2) | #87 |
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | Ryan Feltner (2-1) | #430 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-6) | #72 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #46 |
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ SF | Trevor McDonald (2-3) | #150 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-5) | #113 |
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ SF | Logan Webb (3-4) | #10 | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #27 |
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-8) | #429 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs COL | @ ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs COL | @ ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs TOR | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ NYM | |||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | vs ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ MIL | vs ATL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ MIL | vs ATL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ MIL | vs ATL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs SD | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs STL | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs STL | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs STL | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ BAL | vs TOR | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ BAL | vs TOR | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ BAL | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ CIN | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs MIN | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs DET | @ KC | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PIT | vs LAA | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ STL | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs NYY | @ SD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | @ TEX | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs LAD | @ TEX | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs LAD | @ TEX | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ KC | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ WSH | vs HOU | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ WSH | vs HOU | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ WSH | |||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs STL | vs COL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs STL | vs COL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs STL | vs COL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs CWS | @ CLE | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs CWS | @ CLE | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ SEA | @ BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs MIL | @ PIT | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs MIL | @ PIT | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | @ PIT | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ MIA | @ NYM | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ MIL | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs PIT | vs SD | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs ATL | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATL | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATL | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ CIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ CIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ CIN | @ LAD | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs MIA | vs MIN | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs MIA | vs MIN | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs MIA | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ BOS | vs LAD | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ BOS | vs LAD | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ BOS | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Mar 25th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-3) | #37 | |||
| Thu, Apr 2nd | vs NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #137 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #161 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #23 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | @ PHI | Tim Mayza | ||||
| Mon, May 11th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #103 | |||
| Mon, Jun 1st | @ MIL | Shane Drohan (2-1) | #133 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-5) | #259 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ ATL | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs TOR | |||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ CLE | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs ARI | |||||
| Mon, Sep 21st | vs MIN | |||||
