Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 332	‐
VBR	# 714	# 869

Projections

Strikeouts	11	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.28	4.43
WHIP	1.35	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 347

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	42.2	10.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	46	18

Earned Runs	29	12

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	40	8

Walks	13	2

ERA	6.12	10.45

WHIP	1.38	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	13	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	11.2	8.0

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	11	8

Earned Runs	5	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	11	6

Walks	4	3

ERA	4.28	4.43

WHIP	1.35	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
News
	A's right-hander Justin Sterner (knee) is working through a strengthening exercises protocol. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	The Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
		The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
		Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
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			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#171	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#347
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#368
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#146	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Justin Sterner (2026)

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