Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Jake Bennett (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	David Festa SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 115	‐
VBR	# 358	# 614

Projections

Strikeouts	33	17
Wins	3	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.30	4.25
WHIP	1.35	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 76	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	# 277

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 56	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	53.2	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	38	‐

Earned Runs	14	‐

Home Runs Allowed	3	‐

Strikeouts	38	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	2.35	‐

WHIP	0.88	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	7

Games Started	8	2

Innings Pitched	44.2	16.6

Wins	3	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	45	15

Earned Runs	21	8

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	33	17

Walks	13	6

ERA	4.30	4.25

WHIP	1.35	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	Jake Bennett allowed one hit and one walk while striking out three over six scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Rays. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Jake Bennett will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Rays. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Jake Bennett earned the win Wednesday against the White Sox after allowing four hits and one walk over seven scoreless innings. He struck out four while scattering four singles in his fourth victory of the season. Bruno Mulé Thu, Jul 9th	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Jake Bennett earned the win Friday against the Angels after allowing two runs on five hits over 7.2 innings. He struck out six and threw 61 of his 92 pitches for strikes in his longest outing of the season. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Jake Bennett earned the win Saturday against the Yankees after allowing one run on three hits and two walks over 6.1 innings. He struck out three while throwing 59 of his 87 pitches for strikes in Boston’s 4-1 victory. Bruno Mulé Sun, Jun 28th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Bennett SP - BOS			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#257
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#322
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#405
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437	vs LAD	Will Klein
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#438
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#232
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CLE
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH			vs KC
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH			vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Jake Bennett (2026)

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