Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 356	‐
VBR	# 561	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.21	‐
WHIP	1.32	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.30	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.21	‐

WHIP	1.32	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	A.J. Causey RP - ATH
News
	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th	The Athletics reassigned RHP A.J. Causey to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 2nd
		The Athletics acquired A.J. Causey from the Royals in exchange for Mitch Spence. Ari Koslow 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
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			A.J. Causey RP - ATH
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TB
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Causey for Matt Festa (2026)

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