Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Philip Abner (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 329	‐
VBR	# 571	# 715

Projections

Strikeouts	21	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.42	4.18
WHIP	1.33	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Philip Abner RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	5

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	9.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	46	8

Earned Runs	29	7

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	40	5

Walks	13	6

ERA	6.12	6.75

WHIP	1.38	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Philip Abner RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	16.6

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	16

Earned Runs	11	8

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	21	15

Walks	8	7

ERA	4.42	4.18

WHIP	1.33	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Philip Abner RP - ARI
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Philip Abner will option Philip Abner back to Triple-A on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
		The Diamondbacks recalled Philip Abner from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
		The Diamondbacks optioned LHP Philip Abner to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Phillip Abner from Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
		The Diamondbacks optioned Philip Abner to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 7th
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			Philip Abner RP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#182
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198	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)	#233	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	@ 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)	#46	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#127
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ 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)	#355
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
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 (10-6)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#77
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179
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 Philip Abner (2026)

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