Who Should I Trade?

Joe Rock for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 331	‐
VBR	# 672	# 761

Projections

Strikeouts	14	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.34	4.26
WHIP	1.34	1.48

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 288	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	4

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	10.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	46	11

Earned Runs	29	4

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	40	12

Walks	13	11

ERA	6.12	3.48

WHIP	1.38	2.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	16	13

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	14.5	10.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	13	11

Earned Runs	7	5

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	14	10

Walks	5	4

ERA	4.34	4.26

WHIP	1.34	1.48

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
News
	A's right-hander Justin Sterner (knee) is working through a strengthening exercises protocol. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	The White Sox optioned LHP Joe Rock to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Joe Rock has been recalled from Triple-A Charlotte. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jun 9th
		Joe Rock has been traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for infielder Oliver Dunn. To make room for Rock on the 40-man roster, catcher Kyle Teel was transferred to the 60-day injured list. David Leisering Tue, May 19th
		The Rays optioned LHP Joe Rock to Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 12th
		The Rays recalled LHP Joe Rock from Triple-A Durham. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 10th
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 Sterner RP - ATH			Joe Rock SP,RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Apr 6th				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

Joe Rock for Justin Sterner (2026)

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