Who Should I Trade?

Justin Steele for Keider Montero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts	50% Recommended by 2 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 200	# 188
VBR	# 830	# 344

Projections

Strikeouts	5	35
Wins	0	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.36	4.51
WHIP	1.34	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 178	# 88

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 77

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 178	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 217	# 326

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	24

Games Started	‐	18

Innings Pitched	‐	116.1

Wins	‐	8

Losses	‐	6

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	90

Earned Runs	‐	41

Home Runs Allowed	‐	11

Strikeouts	‐	81

Walks	‐	25

ERA	‐	3.17

WHIP	‐	0.99

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	15

Games Started	1	7

Innings Pitched	4.9	45.5

Wins	0	3

Losses	0	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	5	46

Earned Runs	2	23

Home Runs Allowed	0	7

Strikeouts	5	35

Walks	1	14

ERA	3.36	4.51

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Steele SP - CHC	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
News
	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Keider Montero allowed two hits and two walks while striking out two over six scoreless innings in Sunday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed six runs (four earned) on nine hits across 4 1/3 innings, taking the loss at home against the Orioles on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 28th
	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed one earned run across 5 1/3 innings while earning the win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Steele SP - CHC			Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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Justin Steele for Keider Montero (2026)

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