Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 243	# 358
VBR	# 519	# 476

Projections

Strikeouts	13	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.03
WHIP	1.38	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 251	# 332

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 201	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	32	57

Games Started	4	0

Innings Pitched	67.1	56.0

Wins	5	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	6	7

Hits Allowed	53	58

Earned Runs	28	22

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	60	62

Walks	27	16

ERA	3.74	3.54

WHIP	1.19	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	12

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	15.8	9.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	15	9

Earned Runs	8	4

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	13	10

Walks	5	3

ERA	4.27	4.03

WHIP	1.38	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	The Nationals activated Brad Lord from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Brad Lord began a rehab assignment at Triple-A Rochester on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd
	Brad Lord is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	The Nationals placed Brad Lord on the 15-day injured list with left side tightness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Brad Lord will open for the Nationals on Wednesday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 1st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brad Lord SP,RP - WSH			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Sun, Apr 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#106	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#117	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#58	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Thu, Apr 30th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, May 1st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Tue, May 5th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, May 8th	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, May 13th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22
Fri, May 15th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#264	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 15th	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#379
Tue, Jun 16th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Tue, Jul 7th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Tue, Aug 4th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#383	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-3)	#216	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Aug 24th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#434	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#273	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Aug 26th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Thu, Aug 27th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Fri, Aug 28th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#142	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Sep 4th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Sep 5th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sun, Sep 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs PHI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ STL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ STL			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ DET			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ DET			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs NYM			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Brad Lord for Matt Festa (2026)

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