Who Should I Trade?

Justin Steele for Martin Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Justin Steele SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 195
VBR	# 542	# 846

Projections

Strikeouts	37	6
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.66	3.54
WHIP	1.45	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 129	# 176

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 136	# 178

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 131	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 356	# 190

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	14	‐

Innings Pitched	81.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	65	‐

Earned Runs	32	‐

Home Runs Allowed	10	‐

Strikeouts	62	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	3.54	‐

WHIP	1.19	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Justin Steele SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	5

Games Started	9	0

Innings Pitched	47.6	6.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	49	6

Earned Runs	25	2

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	37	6

Walks	18	2

ERA	4.66	3.54

WHIP	1.45	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Martin Perez SP - ATL	Justin Steele SP - CHC
News
	The Braves activated Martin Perez from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	The Cubs reportedly “do not expect Justin Steele to be starting games this season.” Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	Braves left-hander Martin Perez (forearm) is likely to start on Wednesday against the Padres. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	Justin Steele has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
	Martin Perez (forearm) could come off the IL as soon as next week against the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Justin Steele is hopeful to resume his throwing program on Monday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jun 17th
	The Braves placed Martín Pérez on the 15-day injured list with a left forearm contusion. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	Martin Perez exited Sunday's game early after his left forearm was hit on a comebacker by Juan Soto. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 5th	Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Martin Perez SP - ATL			Justin Steele SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#175
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#111	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#187
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#163
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#51	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#215
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#52	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#269
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#266
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#328	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#114
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#414
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#295
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#61	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#122
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#166	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Tue, Jun 16th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#272	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#212	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#87	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th				vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56	vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#171
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Steele for Martin Perez (2026)

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