Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for David Festa (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ben Shields SP - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 278	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Stats


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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ben Shields SP - COL
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ben Shields SP - COL
News
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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
	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	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
	Festa was shut down in late February with a shoulder impingement and received an injection to address the issue. He threw at 60 feet Thursday and 75 feet Friday as he begins working his way back. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Festa SP - MIN			Ben Shields SP - COL
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st				@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#320
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#204
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#239
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 16th				@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#275
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, May 21st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#214
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#313	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#371	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#423
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 17th				@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH			@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs KC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TB
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs TB
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 14th				@ SF
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th				@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th				vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Ben Shields for David Festa (2026)

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