Who Should I Trade?

Alex Lange for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 116	# 332
VBR	# 441	# 710

Projections

Strikeouts	17	11
Wins	1	1
Saves	5	0
ERA	4.25	4.28
WHIP	1.49	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 100	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 83	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 90	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 129	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 319	# 361

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 397	# 290

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	43	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	42.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	6	3

Saves	10	1

Blown Saves	3	2

Holds	1	12

Hits Allowed	44	46

Earned Runs	31	29

Home Runs Allowed	5	11

Strikeouts	47	40

Walks	25	13

ERA	6.25	6.12

WHIP	1.54	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.6	11.2

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	5	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	15	11

Earned Runs	8	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	17	11

Walks	9	4

ERA	4.25	4.28

WHIP	1.49	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Alex Lange RP - KC	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
News
	Alex Lange allowed two earned runs on two hits and a walk while striking out one batter and taking a blown save in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 29th	A's right-hander Justin Sterner (knee) is working through a strengthening exercises protocol. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	Alex Lange struck out two batters while allowing one hit over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Tigers. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Alex Lange struck out two batters while allowing one walk in a scoreless outing to earn the save in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 22nd
	Alex Lange struck out two while allowing two earned runs on two hits to take a blown save in Monday's 4-3 win over the Giants. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st
	Alex Lange allowed five earned runs on three hits and one walk without recording a strikeout in Wednesday's loss to the Mets. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Alex Lange RP - KC			Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#147
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jun 20th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Jun 29th				vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Lange for Justin Sterner (2026)

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