Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 208	‐
VBR	# 566	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	2	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.72	‐
WHIP	0.90	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 185	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 244	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	7.1

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	4

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	2.45

WHIP	‐	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	2.4	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	2	‐

Earned Runs	1	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	2	‐

Walks	0	‐

ERA	3.72	‐

WHIP	0.90	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Justin Steele will throw a bullpen session on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Justin Steele threw two inning at Triple-A Iowa on Thursday out of the bullpen. Ari Koslow Fri, Sep 11th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Justin Steele threw 27 pitches in two innings for Triple-A Iowa on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Sep 7th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Justin Steele will make another rehab start for Triple-A Iowa on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Sep 6th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Justin Steele allowed three runs over 1 2/3 innings in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Iowa on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Sep 2nd	Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th
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			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#150	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#150
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#189	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#204	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#204
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#176
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#112
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#326
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)		@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#179
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#367	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#367
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#365
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#362
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#88
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#393
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#194
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#395
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)		vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#154
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)		vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#329
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#308
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#258
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#158
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#208
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#84	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-2)	#84
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#277	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#277
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#11
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#107
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#137
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#178
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-5)	#120
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#151
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#255
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#334
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Justin Steele (2026)

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