What It Means:

Steele made an early exit from his final Cactus League start last Friday against the San Francisco Giants due to a left knee contusion, but he threw a bullpen session Monday and is good to go. The 28-year-old southpaw finished fifth in NL Cy Young voting last season, after going 16-5 with a 3.06 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 24.6 strikeout percentage, and 5.0 walk percentage.

numberFire's models project Steele for 26.3 FanDuel points on Thursday. For the season, we project him to record a 3.84 ERA and 1.25 WHIP across 166 1/3 innings, with a 22.1 percent strikeout rate and 6.9 percent walk rate.