Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Festa RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 34	# 358
VBR	# 239	# 567

Projections

Strikeouts	3	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.32	4.46
WHIP	1.38	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 41	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 29	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 336

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	64	65

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	61.1	65.2

Wins	4	2

Losses	2	3

Saves	40	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	2	7

Hits Allowed	35	65

Earned Runs	10	25

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	63	69

Walks	22	20

ERA	1.47	3.43

WHIP	0.93	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.5	1.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	3	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.32	4.46

WHIP	1.38	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and no walks while striking out one across 1.1 scoreless innings to notch his 40th save of the season in Saturday's 3-2 win over the Houston Astros. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Sep 12th	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
	Bryan Baker allowed one walk and no hits in the ninth inning of Saturday's 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres to notch his ninth save of August. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Aug 29th
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and hit one batter while striking out two in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the save in Monday's 4-1 win over the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 24th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning while striking out one batter in Wednesday’s 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, recording his 36th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th
	Bryan Baker allowed no runs on one hit and no walks in the ninth inning of Saturday's 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, picking up his 34th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#206	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#166	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#292	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#246
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#171	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#250	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#237
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#146	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#313	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#122	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#220	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#132
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#195	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (11-9)	#58	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#252	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#189	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#257
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#301
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#231
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#287
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (2-0)	#209	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#200
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-3)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (2-0)	#175	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#213	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#109	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI	Jose Urquidy	#121	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#130
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Matt Festa (2026)

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