Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Ryan Johnson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 329	‐
VBR	# 572	# 516

Projections

Strikeouts	21	33
Wins	1	2
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.42	4.70
WHIP	1.33	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	# 298

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	9

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	42.2	33.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	3	4

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	0

Holds	12	0

Hits Allowed	46	37

Earned Runs	29	25

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	40	25

Walks	13	13

ERA	6.12	6.75

WHIP	1.38	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
2026 Projections


Games Played	24	13

Games Started	0	6

Innings Pitched	21.7	38.2

Wins	1	2

Losses	1	3

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	5	0

Hits Allowed	20	40

Earned Runs	11	20

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	21	33

Walks	8	12

ERA	4.42	4.70

WHIP	1.33	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Ryan Johnson will start on Sunday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th
		Ryan Johnson allowed three earned runs on three hits and three walks while striking out one over five innings in Saturday's loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th
		Ryan Johnson allowed two earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out six over four innings in Sunday’s loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 6th
		Ryan Johnson allowed one earned run on four hits while striking out three over five innings in Monday’s loss to the Mariners. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th
		Ryan Johnson allowed one hit and one walk while striking out a career-high eight over six scoreless innings on Tuesday, helping the Angels to a 5-1 win over the Orioles. David Leisering Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH			Ryan Johnson SP,RP - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#199	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#237	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#289
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs LAD	Will Klein
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-6)	#186	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#344	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#108
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#174
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#163	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (10-2)	#62	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#198	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS			vs HOU
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Apr 6th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Thu, May 28th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th				vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Ryan Johnson (2026)

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