Who Should I Trade?

John Klein for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 194	‐
VBR	# 793	# 782

Projections

Strikeouts	7	12
Wins	0	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.32	4.57
WHIP	1.28	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	3

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	4.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	3

Earned Runs	‐	2

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	2

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	4.15

WHIP	‐	1.62

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	12

Games Started	1	1

Innings Pitched	7.0	13.1

Wins	0	1

Losses	0	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	7	13

Earned Runs	3	7

Home Runs Allowed	1	2

Strikeouts	7	12

Walks	2	5

ERA	3.32	4.57

WHIP	1.28	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	John Klein SP,RP - MIN
News
	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Twins optioned John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	The Twins recalled RHP John Klein from Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	The Twins optioned RHP John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	John Klein has been recalled from Triple-A St. Paul. Vince DiSilvio Sat, May 2nd
	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th	The Twins have optioned right-hander John Klein to Triple-A St. Paul. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 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 Steele SP - CHC			John Klein SP,RP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#172	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#223	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#276	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#292	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#430
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

John Klein for Justin Steele (2026)

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