Who Should I Trade?

Jaxon Wiggins for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 199	‐
VBR	# 832	# 988

Projections

Strikeouts	6	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.49
WHIP	1.31	1.50

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 213	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	‐

Games Started	‐	‐

Innings Pitched	‐	‐

Wins	‐	‐

Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	9

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	5.7	2.0

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	6	2

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	6	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	3.63	4.49

WHIP	1.31	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
News
	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Jaxon Wiggins is throwing bullpen sessions and facing live hitters. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Jun 11th
	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Jaxon Wiggins has begun throwing bullpen sessions. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 3rd
	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said Jaxon Wiggins has begun playing catch. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th
	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Cubs have returned right-handed prospect Jaxon Wiggins to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	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
	Justin Steele SP - CHC			Jaxon Wiggins SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Jaxon Wiggins for Justin Steele (2026)

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