Who Should I Trade?

Blade Tidwell for David Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 471

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	23
Wins	‐	2
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.41
WHIP	‐	1.43

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	9

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	17.0

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	16

Earned Runs	‐	6

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	13

Walks	‐	4

ERA	‐	3.18

WHIP	‐	1.18

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	10

Games Started	‐	4

Innings Pitched	‐	26.4

Wins	‐	2

Losses	‐	2

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	26

Earned Runs	‐	13

Home Runs Allowed	‐	3

Strikeouts	‐	23

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	4.41

WHIP	‐	1.43

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
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	The Giants recalled Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Giants optioned Blade Tidwell to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 29th
	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	The Giants called up Blade Tidwell from Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 2nd
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Festa SP - MIN			Blade Tidwell SP,RP - SF
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Mar 31st				@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#407
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 27th				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ TEX	Cody Bradford	#137
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs DET	Jackson Jobe	#198
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 14th				vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ CLE
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs STL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs SD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ STL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ STL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

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