Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Matt Festa RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 186	# 358
VBR	# 534	# 567

Projections

Strikeouts	2	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.49	4.46
WHIP	1.43	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 205	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 194	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 252	# 336

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 208	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	58	65

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	58.1	65.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	6	3

Saves	6	1

Blown Saves	6	1

Holds	12	7

Hits Allowed	66	65

Earned Runs	35	25

Home Runs Allowed	9	6

Strikeouts	46	69

Walks	22	20

ERA	5.40	3.43

WHIP	1.51	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	2	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	1.8	1.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	2	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.49	4.46

WHIP	1.43	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan King RP - HOU	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	Bryan King was called up from Triple-A ahead of Friday's game against the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Sep 4th	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
	The Astros optioned Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	The Astros are calling Bryan King back up to the majors. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	The Astros optioned LHP Bryan King to Triple-A Sugar Land. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Bryan King is expected to step into the set-up role in the Astros bullpen with the return of Josh Hader. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan King RP - HOU			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#79	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#109	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#330
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#342	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#340	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#230	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#171	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#166	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#10	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-6)	#153	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#246
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#137	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (5-6)	#26	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#337	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#58	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#230	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#76	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#143	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#132
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#252	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#257
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#76	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#280	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#297
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#301
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#231
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#287
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#213	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#125	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#144	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#200
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#112	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#57	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#213	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#207
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan King for Matt Festa (2026)

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