Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Justin Sterner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 162	# 329
VBR	# 481	# 692

Projections

Strikeouts	22	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	2	0
ERA	4.16	4.40
WHIP	1.33	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 147	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 212	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 361

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	43.0	42.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	4	1

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	12	12

Hits Allowed	24	46

Earned Runs	13	29

Home Runs Allowed	6	11

Strikeouts	44	40

Walks	14	13

ERA	2.72	6.12

WHIP	0.88	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	17

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	15.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	19	14

Earned Runs	10	8

Home Runs Allowed	3	3

Strikeouts	22	15

Walks	9	6

ERA	4.16	4.40

WHIP	1.33	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL	Justin Sterner RP - ATH
News
	Rico Garcia struck out two batters in a scoreless appearance to earn the save in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Red Sox. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 3rd	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Rico Garcia struck out one batter while allowing one walk over a scoreless frame to earn the save in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Athletics. Jesse Garcia Mon, May 11th
	Rico Garcia picked up a save Wednesday against the Marlins. Jesse Garcia Thu, May 7th
	Rico Garcia pitched a scoreless ninth inning, allowing two walks, while striking out two to earn the save in the Orioles win over the White Sox Wednesday. Jesse Garcia Wed, Apr 8th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rico Garcia RP - BAL			Justin Sterner RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#256	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201
Tue, Jul 21st	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET			vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI			vs DET
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI			vs DET
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 24th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Rico Garcia for Justin Sterner (2026)

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