Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 199	# 306
VBR	# 832	# 641

Projections

Strikeouts	6	16
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.35
WHIP	1.31	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	# 395

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 228

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	41

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	68.1

Wins	‐	4

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	5

Hits Allowed	‐	53

Earned Runs	‐	28

Home Runs Allowed	‐	9

Strikeouts	‐	70

Walks	‐	32

ERA	‐	3.69

WHIP	‐	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	19

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	5.7	16.8

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	6	16

Earned Runs	2	8

Home Runs Allowed	0	2

Strikeouts	6	16

Walks	2	7

ERA	3.63	4.35

WHIP	1.31	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
News
	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Astros are reportedly drawing trade interest in AJ Blubaugh. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Steele SP - CHC			AJ Blubaugh SP,RP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Apr 4th				@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Blubaugh for Justin Steele (2026)

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