Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 195	‐
VBR	# 540	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	11	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.44	‐
WHIP	1.22	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 175	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 187	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 466

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	13

Innings Pitched	‐	64.0

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	5

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	65

Earned Runs	‐	44

Home Runs Allowed	‐	7

Strikeouts	‐	47

Walks	‐	36

ERA	‐	6.19

WHIP	‐	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	7	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	11.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	10	‐

Earned Runs	4	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Walks	3	‐

ERA	3.44	‐

WHIP	1.22	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
News
	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Jack Kochanowicz will undergo Tommy John surgery. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Angels placed Jack Kochanowicz on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Jack Kochanowicz lasted just 2.1 innings on Sunday and surrendered three runs on five hits, walked four, and struck out one as the Angels lost to the Rays, 5-2. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Jack Kochanowicz allowed three runs on three hits over six innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th	Jack Kochanowicz served up three home runs in six innings and was charged with six runs on seven hits in a 6-0 loss to the Dodgers on Friday. David Leisering Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Steele SP - CHC			Jack Kochanowicz SP - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#143	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Thu, Apr 16th				@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#226	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#56	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#271	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#408	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#216	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Thu, May 21st				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#182
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#125
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#282
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-4)	#68	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#310
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#311
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-7)	#155	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#103
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#17	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET			vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL			vs HOU
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ SEA
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Jack Kochanowicz for Justin Steele (2026)

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