Justin Steele or Zack Wheeler

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Justin Steele or Zack Wheeler Player Statistics
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	7	‐

Innings Pitched	43.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	28	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	2.27	‐

WHIP	0.85	‐

Justin Steele or Zack Wheeler Player Projections
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	15

Games Started	24	15

Innings Pitched	143.9	86.0

Wins	10	6

Losses	6	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	116	77

Earned Runs	50	34

Home Runs Allowed	16	9

Strikeouts	163	79

Walks	37	23

ERA	3.12	3.60

WHIP	1.06	1.16

Justin Steele or Zack Wheeler Player Notes
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI	Justin Steele SP - CHC
News
	Zack Wheeler gave up four runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 30th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Zack Wheeler gave up just two hits and one walk while striking out six over six shutout innings in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, May 24th	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th
	Zack Wheeler logged seven shutout innings in Sunday's 6-0 win over the Pirates, surrendering just four hits and one walk while striking out eight. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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
	Zack Wheeler allowed just one run on six hits and no walks while striking out four over 7 1/3 innings in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Red Sox. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, May 13th	Justin Steele suffered a setback in his recovery and has been shutdown. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	Zack Wheeler allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 6 1/3 innings in Wednesday's win over the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 7th	Justin Steele told reporters he’s targeting a return to the Cubs’ rotation in May or June. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st
Notes
	Zack Wheeler followed up his dominant 2024 with an even sharper skill set in 2025, posting a career-best 11.73 K/9 and 33.3% strikeout rate alongside a stellar 27.7% K-BB%. His 2.71 ERA was supported by a 2.48 xERA, though a spike to 1.14 HR/9 and a lofty 82.4% strand rate suggest some regression baked into that surface line. The question for Wheeler is how he will recover from the thoracic outlet surgery he underwent last season. Recovery is listed as 6 to 8 months, so the chances of him being ready for Opening Day are slim to none, but the latest report is that it "shouldn't be too long" after that. All of this makes him a high-risk, high-reward pitcher capable of being the SP1 he's been, but fantasy managers should count on some regression based on the injury and the fact that he will be 36 this season. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros

Justin Steele or Zack Wheeler Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zack Wheeler SP - PHI			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (1-1)	#102	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (1-4)	#215
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#203
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (6-2)	#88	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#237	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (3-3)	#87	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#155
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (2-7)	#427	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	@ CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#189	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (5-2)	#22
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83	@ TB	Mason Englert
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#115	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (3-1)	#276	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-4)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-1)	#188
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (5-3)	#140	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-4)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (4-6)	#24	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (4-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (2-1)	#40	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (3-2)	#70	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (6-2)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (3-1)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th				@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#307
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (2-4)	#89
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (5-3)	#93
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116	vs CIN	Chase Petty (0-0)	#416
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111	vs CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)	#340	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (1-6)	#395	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#183	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (3-2)	#139
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-3)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122	@ CWS	Davis Martin (8-1)	#79
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (0-5)	#373
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (1-1)	#58	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#25	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-3)	#181
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (4-4)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (0-3)	#141	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3)	#132
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (4-2)	#47
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (1-6)	#122
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (6-5)	#2
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (7-2)	#130	@ STL	Andre Pallante (5-4)	#163
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-3)	#131	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (2-3)	#114
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	vs ATH	Gage Jump (0-1)	#150
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (3-3)	#220	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-0)	#172	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182	vs SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142	vs SF	Landen Roupp (5-5)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	David Sandlin (1-0)	#210	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4)	#428
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR			@ COL
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL			@ SF
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL			@ SF
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA			vs COL
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA			vs COL
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA			vs COL
Fri, Jun 19th				vs TOR
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM			vs TOR
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH			@ NYM
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH			@ NYM
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH			@ NYM
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM			@ MIL
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT			vs SD
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT			vs SD
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT			vs SD
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC			vs STL
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET			@ CIN
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET			@ CIN
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM			vs MIN
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD			vs DET
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY			@ PIT
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA			@ STL
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ BOS
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (2-3)	#257
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-5)	#189
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM