Who Should I Trade?

Justin Steele for Kris Bubic (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Justin Steele SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 206
VBR	# 444	# 686

Projections

Strikeouts	9	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.37	3.31
WHIP	1.24	1.13

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 145	# 185

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 94	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	# 178

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 176	# 232

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 121	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	50.1	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	36	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	51	‐

Walks	26	‐

ERA	4.11	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	8.5	3.7

Wins	1	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	8	3

Earned Runs	3	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	9	3

Walks	3	1

ERA	3.37	3.31

WHIP	1.24	1.13

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD	Justin Steele SP - CHC
News
	Kris Bubic is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment in early September. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Justin Steele will face hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 24th
	Kris Bubic is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Justin Steele is nearing the live BP phase of his throwing program. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 20th
	Kris Bubic is expected to be back sometime around the end of August. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Justin Steele did a light mound workout on August 1. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Kris Bubic is being traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	Justin Steele is scheduled for a "touch and feel" mound session." Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Kris Bubic is increasing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kris Bubic SP - LAD			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#154	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#277
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#157
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#214
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#344
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#227	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#226
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#430	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#391	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#393	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#159	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#52	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#195	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358
Thu, Aug 6th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#207
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#166	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Steele for Kris Bubic (2026)

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