Who Should I Trade?

Ben Kudrna for David Festa (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

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Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Stats


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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ben Kudrna SP - KC
News
	David Festa underwent surgery both to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	Royals pitching prospect Ben Kudrna underwent season-ending olecranon stress fracture surgery on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Ben Kudrna is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st
	David Festa suffered renewed discomfort in his right shoulder following his third live batting practice session and is undergoing evaluation to determine next steps. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, May 4th	Kansas City optioned Kudrna to Triple-A Omaha on Saturday. He made his first appearance at that level last season, surrendering 18 earned runs across 11.1 innings. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 7th
	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd	The Royals signed RHP Ben Kudrna to a deal for the 2026 season. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 8th
	Festa was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome in September and is now dealing with a right shoulder impingement on top of that. He was shut down in late February, received an injection to address the impingement, and has only recently returned to throwing. Bruno Mulé Wed, Mar 25th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Festa SP - MIN			Ben Kudrna SP - KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, Apr 16th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, May 4th				vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th				@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30
Fri, Aug 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

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Ben Kudrna for David Festa (2026)

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