Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 194	‐
VBR	# 699	# 862

Projections

Strikeouts	7	6
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.23	4.00
WHIP	1.24	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	9

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	7.9	6.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	6

Earned Runs	3	3

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	7	6

Walks	2	3

ERA	3.23	4.00

WHIP	1.24	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
News
	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Blue Jays designated RHP Angel Bastardo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Bastardo was a Rule 5 pick ahead of the 2025 season but spent the entire year on the injured list recovering from Tommy John surgery. He posted a 5:7 K:BB across 7.2 Grapefruit League innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	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
	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th
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			Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#265	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#305
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#363
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#190	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#361
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs CHC
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Justin Steele (2026)

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