Who Should I Trade?

Brayan Bello for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS	Justin Steele SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 274	# 202
VBR	# 471	# 719

Projections

Strikeouts	19	4
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.10	3.18
WHIP	1.39	1.24

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 185

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 178

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 165	# 226

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 470	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	88.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	96	‐

Earned Runs	46	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	67	‐

Walks	28	‐

ERA	4.69	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	3

Games Started	3	0

Innings Pitched	23.7	4.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	24	4

Earned Runs	11	2

Home Runs Allowed	3	0

Strikeouts	19	4

Walks	8	1

ERA	4.10	3.18

WHIP	1.39	1.24

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS	Justin Steele SP - CHC
News
	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits and one walk while striking out three over 4 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	Justin Steele is nearing the live BP phase of his throwing program. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Brayan Bello is expected to make a bulk relief appearance on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Justin Steele did a light mound workout on August 1. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Brayan Bello allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out four over four innings in a loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Brayan Bello allowed four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5 1/3 scoreless innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Red Sox recalled Brayan Bello from Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brayan Bello SP,RP - BOS			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#27	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#58	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#138	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#184
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#223	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#56
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#234	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#194	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#216	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#161
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#397	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#108	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#339
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#103	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#230	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-10)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#5	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#174	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#345
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#6	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#259	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#151	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#271
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#84	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#70	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#237
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#215
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#160
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#259	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#145	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#165	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-8)	#34	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#220
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#95
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#439
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (13-5)	#14	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#10	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#167	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (10-7)	#12
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#427	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#63
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#16	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#41
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#52	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#158
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#256
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#157	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#250
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#366	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#77
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#239	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#406	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#208	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#33	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#54	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#89
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#180	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#285	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#49	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#129
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#114
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#278	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#112	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#139	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#373	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#183
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#149	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#60	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#247
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#112	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#91	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#117
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#126	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#425
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#205
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#207
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#48	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#212
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#150	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (11-5)	#44
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#102	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#45	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#94
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#172	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#186	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#141
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#13	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#79
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#226	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#66
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#222	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#146
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#181	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#110
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#42	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#244
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#106
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#71	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#76
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#412
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#46
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#171
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

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Brayan Bello for Justin Steele (2026)

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