Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Kade Strowd (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 329	‐
VBR	# 572	# 841

Projections

Strikeouts	21	9
Wins	1	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.42	4.17
WHIP	1.33	1.53

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	1

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	1.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	46	1

Earned Runs	29	1

Home Runs Allowed	11	0

Strikeouts	40	1

Walks	13	3

ERA	6.12	9.00

WHIP	1.38	4.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	14

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	10.3

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	1

Hits Allowed	20	10

Earned Runs	11	5

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	21	9

Walks	8	5

ERA	4.42	4.17

WHIP	1.33	1.53

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Kade Strowd RP - ARI
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The D-backs have optioned right-hander Kade Strowd to Triple-A Reno. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
		Kade Strowd complained of a "dead arm" during his Friday outing against the Washington Nationals and will undergo further testing. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th
		The Diamondbacks recalled Kade Strowd from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 4th
		Strowd posted a 1.71 ERA and 1.10 WHIP across 26.1 innings with the Orioles last season and came to Arizona via trade in February with a shot at the Opening Day roster. He allowed 10 earned runs across just 7.2 Cactus League innings, however, undercutting his case. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
		The Arizona Diamondbacks are acquiring Kade Strowd, Wellington Aracena and Jose Mejia from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Blaze Alexander. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH			Kade Strowd RP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#202	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#231	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#230
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#160	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#135
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#387	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#188	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#176
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#181
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#211
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#437	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#61	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#89	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#88
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#55
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#165	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#54	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#168	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#176	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#214	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#117	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#106
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#16	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#159
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#127
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SD
Thu, Mar 26th				@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#81
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#83
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#41
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#205
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Kade Strowd (2026)

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