Who Should I Trade?

Josiah Gray for Justin Steele (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 202	‐
VBR	# 830	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	5	‐
Wins	0	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.36	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 184	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 217	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
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	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	‐

Games Started	1	‐

Innings Pitched	4.9	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	0	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	5	‐

Earned Runs	2	‐

Home Runs Allowed	0	‐

Strikeouts	5	‐

Walks	1	‐

ERA	3.36	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Josiah Gray SP - WSH
News
	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Josiah Gray threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Josiah Gray threw a bullpen session on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Nationals right-hander Josiah Gray (elbow) is progressing with throwing activity as tolerated at the Nationals' training complex in Florida. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Josiah Gray played catch on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Josiah Gray played catch on Saturday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
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			Josiah Gray SP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 4th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Mon, Jun 1st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#306
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jul 6th				vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Josiah Gray for Justin Steele (2026)

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