Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 91	# 329
VBR	# 267	# 696

Projections

Strikeouts	26	15
Wins	2	1
Saves	9	0
ERA	3.32	4.40
WHIP	1.17	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 149	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 75	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 133	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 77	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 136	# 361

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	7	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	6.0	42.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	3

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	1	2

Holds	0	12

Hits Allowed	9	46

Earned Runs	7	29

Home Runs Allowed	1	11

Strikeouts	10	40

Walks	5	13

ERA	10.50	6.12

WHIP	2.33	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	19.0	15.8

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	9	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	1

Hits Allowed	14	14

Earned Runs	7	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	26	15

Walks	7	6

ERA	3.32	4.40

WHIP	1.17	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
News
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t rule out Edwin Diaz being activated this upcoming weekend. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Edwin Diaz worked a perfect inning in a rehab appearance for Low-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Edwin Diaz will pitch for Single-A Ontario on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Edwin Diaz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Ontario on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	Edwin Diaz threw his second live batting practice session on Wednesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Edwin Diaz RP - LAD			Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#185
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#225
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#84	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#107	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#198	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#208	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#113	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#192
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#313	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#211	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-1)	#252	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#213
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#261	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#194
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA			vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS			vs DET
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#296
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Thu, Jul 9th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Sat, Jul 18th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Edwin Diaz for Justin Sterner (2026)

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