Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Rafael Montero (2026)

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Stats
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News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 329	‐
VBR	# 571	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.42	4.55
WHIP	1.33	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	42.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	2	‐

Holds	12	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	29	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	40	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	6.12	‐

WHIP	1.38	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	30

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.7	16.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	5	2

Hits Allowed	20	15

Earned Runs	11	9

Home Runs Allowed	4	2

Strikeouts	21	16

Walks	8	8

ERA	4.42	4.55

WHIP	1.33	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Rafael Montero RP - NYY
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Montero (personal) joined New York as a non-roster invitee with plans to compete for a bullpen position during spring games. Visa complications have prevented him from arriving at Yankees camp. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
		Rafael Montero has yet to report to Yankees camp due to visa issues. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 19th
		The New York Yankees signed Rafael Montero to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Feb 12th
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			Rafael Montero RP - NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#123	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#198	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#233	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#297
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#142
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#399	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#188
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#102	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#236
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#261	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#172	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#179	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#76
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#202
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#84
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#190	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#162	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#180	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#59	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#275	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#222
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#58	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#267	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#355	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#175	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#273	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#250
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#51	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#284
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#199	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#128
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#129	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#214
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#168
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#151	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			vs STL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#115
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs SEA
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Rafael Montero (2026)

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