Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bennett for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Justin Steele SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	# 200
VBR	# 315	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	31	5
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	3.32
WHIP	1.35	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	# 178

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 56	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 128	# 217

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 178

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	71.1	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	59	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	2.90	‐

WHIP	1.01	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	3

Games Started	8	1

Innings Pitched	41.6	5.0

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	43	5

Earned Runs	20	2

Home Runs Allowed	5	0

Strikeouts	31	5

Walks	12	1

ERA	4.30	3.32

WHIP	1.35	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	Justin Steele SP - CHC
News
	Jake Bennett allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in Sunday’s win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jake Bennett allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out four over 6 1/3 innings in Tuesday’s loss to the Athletics. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Jake Bennett allowed three earned runs on nine hits while striking out four over 5 2/3 innings in a win over the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ BOS
Sat, May 9th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jul 21st				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Jake Bennett for Justin Steele (2026)

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