Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Phil Maton (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Phil Maton RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 329	# 322
VBR	# 572	# 504

Projections

Strikeouts	21	25
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	1
ERA	4.42	3.88
WHIP	1.33	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	# 257

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	# 439

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Phil Maton RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	26.2

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	2

Holds	12	5

Hits Allowed	46	32

Earned Runs	29	18

Home Runs Allowed	11	5

Strikeouts	40	31

Walks	13	15

ERA	6.12	6.08

WHIP	1.38	1.76

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Phil Maton RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	26

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	23.4

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	5

Hits Allowed	20	20

Earned Runs	11	10

Home Runs Allowed	4	3

Strikeouts	21	25

Walks	8	10

ERA	4.42	3.88

WHIP	1.33	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Phil Maton RP - CHC
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Chicago Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
		The Cubs placed Phil Maton on the injured list with a recurring knee ailment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
		The Cubs activated Phil Maton from the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 27th
		Phil Maton is expected to be activated from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
		Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters on Saturday that Phil Maton will be activated from the injured list in the next day or two. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH			Phil Maton RP - CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#230
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#69
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SD	JP Sears (2-2)	#175
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (1-1)	#16
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs DET
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			@ STL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			@ STL
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			@ STL
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Mar 26th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Apr 6th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#389
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD
Thu, Aug 13th				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Phil Maton (2026)

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