Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Matt Festa RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 110	# 356
VBR	# 456	# 570

Projections

Strikeouts	16	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	3	0
ERA	4.10	4.27
WHIP	1.41	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 85	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 182	# 328

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.1	44.2

Wins	3	2

Losses	6	2

Saves	8	1

Blown Saves	3	1

Holds	4	7

Hits Allowed	39	48

Earned Runs	21	21

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	53	49

Walks	20	13

ERA	4.26	4.23

WHIP	1.33	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.7	16.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	3	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	17	15

Earned Runs	8	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	16

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.10	4.27

WHIP	1.41	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	Caleb Kilian allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out two to over one inning to record the save in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 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
	Caleb Kilian struck out two over a scoreless inning to record the save in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd
	Caleb Killian allowed one earned run on two hits and one strikeout over one inning to record the save in Sunday's win over the Braves. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Giants manager Tony Vitello told reporters that Caleb Kilian will be their primary closer. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
	The Giants selected the contract of RHP Caleb Kilian. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Caleb Kilian SP,RP - SF			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Jun 16th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Caleb Kilian for Matt Festa (2026)

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