Who Should I Trade?

Drew Smith for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 329	‐
VBR	# 572	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	1	‐
ERA	4.42	‐
WHIP	1.33	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Drew Smith RP - FA
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	Drew Smith RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	21.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	5	‐

Hits Allowed	20	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.42	‐

WHIP	1.33	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Drew Smith RP - FA
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Twins signed RHP Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 29th
		Smith missed all of 2025 recovering from his second Tommy John surgery and signed a minor-league deal with the Nationals in mid-February. He allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven across 5.1 scoreless innings in six Grapefruit League appearances but was not on track to make the Opening Day roster. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
		Drew Smith has entered spring camp with the Nationals fully healthy. Ari Koslow Wed, Feb 18th
		The Nationals signed reliever Drew Smith to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Mon, Feb 16th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH			Drew Smith RP - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Drew Smith for Justin Sterner (2026)

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