Who Should I Trade?

David Sandlin for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 200	‐
VBR	# 821	# 1046

Projections

Strikeouts	5	5
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.32	4.74
WHIP	1.33	1.49

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 217	# 364

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	4

Games Started	‐	3

Innings Pitched	‐	19.1

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	15

Earned Runs	‐	13

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	20

Walks	‐	10

ERA	‐	6.05

WHIP	‐	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	6

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	5.0	5.8

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	6

Earned Runs	2	3

Home Runs Allowed	0	1

Strikeouts	5	5

Walks	1	2

ERA	3.32	4.74

WHIP	1.33	1.49

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
News
	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The White Sox optioned RHP David Sandlin to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	David Sandlin allowed one earned run on three hits and three walks while striking out six over six innings in Friday's 22-1 win over the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The White Sox recalled RHP David Sandlin from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	David Sandlin will start on Friday for the White Sox against the Royals. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	David Sandlin was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Steele SP - CHC			David Sandlin SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Sun, Jun 21st				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs COL
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL

Who Should I Trade?

David Sandlin for Justin Steele (2026)

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