Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Justin Sterner (2026)

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Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 329	‐
VBR	# 571	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	12
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.42	4.76
WHIP	1.33	1.42

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	42.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	12	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	6.12	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	25

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	12.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	20	11

Earned Runs	11	7

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	21	12

Walks	8	6

ERA	4.42	4.76

WHIP	1.33	1.42

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Rangers have outrighted right-hander Alexis Diaz to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
		Diaz allowed eight earned runs on three hits and four walks across 1.2 innings over three spring appearances, retiring just five of the 13 batters he faced and striking out one. He had entered camp competing for the Rangers' closer job. Bruno Mulé Fri, Mar 13th
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 Sterner RP - ATH			Alexis Diaz RP - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#200
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#141
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#277
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#210
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#247
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#321
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#174
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#296
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#204
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th				@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Alexis Diaz for Justin Sterner (2026)

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