Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Ryan Thompson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 329	# 353
VBR	# 692	# 579

Projections

Strikeouts	15	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	3.93
WHIP	1.32	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	# 318

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	40

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	35.2

Wins	2	4

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	12	6

Hits Allowed	46	34

Earned Runs	29	10

Home Runs Allowed	11	2

Strikeouts	40	26

Walks	13	10

ERA	6.12	2.52

WHIP	1.38	1.23

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	17	23

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	15.8	19.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	4

Hits Allowed	14	20

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	3	2

Strikeouts	15	16

Walks	6	6

ERA	4.40	3.93

WHIP	1.32	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
News
	The Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	Ryan Thompson and the Arizona Diamondbacks have come to an agreement on a $3.95 million salary for the 2026 season, avoiding arbitration. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
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			Ryan Thompson RP - ARI
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#186	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#196	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#146	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#130
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#206
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
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)	#425	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#161	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-2)	#177	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#201	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake	#278	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#148	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
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)	#91
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
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 Ryan Thompson (2026)

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