Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Jameson Taillon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 160	‐
VBR	# 511	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	23	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.95	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	DFA	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 185	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 159	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 208	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 146	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	15	‐

Games Started	15	‐

Innings Pitched	76.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	6	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	76	‐

Earned Runs	50	‐

Home Runs Allowed	25	‐

Strikeouts	68	‐

Walks	27	‐

ERA	5.92	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	28.5	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	29	‐

Earned Runs	16	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	23	‐

Walks	8	‐

ERA	4.95	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	The Cubs designated Jameson Taillon for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	David Festa underwent surgery both to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Jameson Taillon allowed seven runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three across four innings in Sunday's 8-7 loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Jameson Taillon allowed four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six across 4.1 innings in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st	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
	The Cubs activated Jameson Taillon from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Jameson Taillon will be activated early next week. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jameson Taillon SP - CHC			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Jameson Taillon (2026)

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