Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for David Festa (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Injury Alert	IL60	OUT

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Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Stats


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Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
2026 Projections


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Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Brandon Walter SP - HOU
News
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	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	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression this week. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd	Brandon Walter is continuing his throwing progression. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th
	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	The Astros have placed left-hander Brandon Walter on the 60-day injured list as he continues to recover from September 2025 Tommy John surgery. Brenton Kemp 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			Brandon Walter SP - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Mar 27th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#304
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#367
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Mon, Jul 27th				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ SF
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ SF
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SEA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Walter for David Festa (2026)

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