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Justin Steele for Max Fried (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Max Fried SP - NYY  | Justin Steele SP - CHC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 7 of 7 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 7 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 22 | # 188 |
| VBR | # 150 | # 384 |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 82 | 37 |
| Wins | 7 | 3 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| ERA | 3.32 | 3.67 |
| WHIP | 1.22 | 1.23 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | IL15 | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports | # 29 | # 161 |
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 61 | ‐ |
| Chris Welsh FantasyPros | # 23 | ‐ |
| Mike Maher BettingPros | # 5 | ‐ |
| Joe Pisapia FantasyPros | # 8 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 46 | # 161 |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 14 | ‐ |
| Max Fried SP - NYY | Justin Steele SP - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 10 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 10 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 61.2 | ‐ |
| Wins | 4 | ‐ |
| Losses | 3 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 0 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 43 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 22 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 1 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 50 | ‐ |
| Walks | 19 | ‐ |
| ERA | 3.21 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.01 | ‐ |
| Max Fried SP - NYY | Justin Steele SP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 15 | 7 |
| Games Started | 15 | 7 |
| Innings Pitched | 88.7 | 39.6 |
| Wins | 7 | 3 |
| Losses | 4 | 2 |
| Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Blown Saves | 0 | 0 |
| Holds | 0 | 0 |
| Hits Allowed | 78 | 36 |
| Earned Runs | 33 | 16 |
| Home Runs Allowed | 8 | 4 |
| Strikeouts | 82 | 37 |
| Walks | 27 | 11 |
| ERA | 3.32 | 3.67 |
| WHIP | 1.22 | 1.23 |
| Max Fried SP - NYY | Justin Steele SP - CHC | |
| News | ||
| Max Fried played catch before Monday’s game against the Royals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th | Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele will not throw a ball for “multiple weeks." Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th | |
| The Yankees placed LHP Max Fried on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow bone bruise. Ari Koslow Sat, May 16th | Justin Steele was cleared to begin strengthening exercises on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 27th | |
| Max Fried was placed on the 15-day injured list on Friday with a left elbow bone bruise. Diego Sandoval Fri, May 15th | Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Justin Steele's flexor strain will keep him out of the rotation until after the All-Star Break. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | |
| Max Fried left his start early on Wednesday with left elbow posterior soreness. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th | Justin Steele suffered a setback in his recovery and has been shutdown. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th | |
| Max Fried left his start early on Wednesday against the Orioles with an apparent injury. Ari Koslow Wed, May 13th | Justin Steele told reporters he’s targeting a return to the Cubs’ rotation in May or June. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 1st | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Max Fried SP - NYY | Justin Steele SP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #90 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #100 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #216 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #198 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ SEA | Luis Castillo (1-5) | #46 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #39 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #15 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #154 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #60 | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs MIA | Pete Fairbanks | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #52 | |
| Mon, Apr 6th | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #23 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #221 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #164 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #91 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #154 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (1-5) | #45 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #408 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #135 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #47 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #179 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #40 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | @ BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #89 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ HOU | Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3) | #209 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #43 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #129 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #128 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (6-2) | #141 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #214 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #300 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs BAL | Cade Povich (1-1) | #200 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #63 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-3) | #92 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #304 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #96 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #83 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #419 |
| Tue, May 5th | vs TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #102 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs TEX | Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) | #19 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-4) | #145 |
| Thu, May 7th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (3-4) | #51 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #230 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #107 |
| Sat, May 9th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #78 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ MIL | Logan Henderson (2-1) | #61 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #7 |
| Tue, May 12th | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #88 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #124 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #50 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #247 |
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | @ NYM | Clay Holmes (4-4) | #167 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #140 |
| Sat, May 16th | @ NYM | Huascar Brazoban (3-1) | #202 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sun, May 17th | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #24 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #357 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #225 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-3) | #136 |
| Tue, May 19th | vs TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs TOR | Trey Yesavage (2-2) | #41 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #58 |
| Fri, May 22nd | vs TB | Nick Martinez (4-1) | #75 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #122 |
| Sat, May 23rd | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #169 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-1) | #21 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (3-4) | #187 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #82 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #112 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ KC | Bailey Falter (0-2) | #258 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #49 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #97 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #127 |
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | @ ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #143 |
| Sat, May 30th | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (2-3) | #131 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #163 |
| Sun, May 31st | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #193 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #119 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #95 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #157 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | vs CLE | Slade Cecconi (3-5) | #110 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-5) | #118 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (5-1) | #29 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #28 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #66 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #99 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #100 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | @ CLE | @ COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 10th | @ CLE | @ COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ TOR | @ SF | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | vs CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | vs CWS | vs COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs CIN | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ DET | @ NYM | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ BOS | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | @ BOS | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs DET | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs DET | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs DET | vs SD | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs MIN | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ TB | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ TB | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ TB | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ WSH | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ WSH | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ WSH | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs LAD | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs LAD | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs LAD | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs PIT | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs PIT | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs PIT | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ PHI | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ PHI | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ PHI | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CWS | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CWS | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CWS | @ STL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CWS | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | @ CHC | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | @ CHC | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | @ CHC | vs NYY | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs STL | vs LAD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs STL | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs STL | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | vs ATL | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | vs ATL | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | vs ATL | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | vs SEA | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | vs SEA | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | vs SEA | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | @ TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | @ TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | @ TOR | vs STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | @ BAL | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | @ BAL | vs CWS | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | vs TOR | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | vs TOR | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | vs TOR | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ ARI | |||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | vs HOU | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | vs HOU | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs BOS | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | @ LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | @ LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | @ LAA | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ SD | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ SD | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ SD | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | vs COL | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | vs COL | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs NYM | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs NYM | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs NYM | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | @ MIN | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | @ MIN | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | @ MIN | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | @ ARI | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | @ ARI | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | @ ARI | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | vs TB | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | vs TB | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | vs TB | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | vs BAL | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | vs BAL | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | vs BAL | @ BOS | ||||
| Wed, Mar 25th | @ SF | Logan Webb (2-4) | #13 | |||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #86 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs MIA | Max Meyer (5-0) | #71 | |||
| Thu, Apr 9th | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #117 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #215 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ BAL | Brandon Young (3-1) | #195 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | vs TOR | Braydon Fisher (2-1) | #160 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | @ CLE | |||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | vs CWS | |||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | @ TB | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | @ BAL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 27th | vs HOU | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | vs COL | |||||
