Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 940

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	6
Wins	‐	0
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	4.77
WHIP	‐	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 129

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	9

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	37.2

Wins	‐	5

Losses	‐	3

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	1

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	36

Earned Runs	‐	16

Home Runs Allowed	‐	8

Strikeouts	‐	30

Walks	‐	11

ERA	‐	3.82

WHIP	‐	1.25

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	7

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	7.4

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	8

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	6

Walks	‐	2

ERA	‐	4.77

WHIP	‐	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
News
	David Festa underwent surgery both to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Rays activated Jesse Scholtens from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Jesse Scholtens (wrist) will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Jesse Scholtens threw a 20-pitch bullpen session on Monday and is scheduled to face hitters on Thursday. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jun 9th
	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd	Jesse Scholtens is scheduled to resume throwing next week. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 30th
	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	The Rays placed Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Festa SP - MIN			Jesse Scholtens SP,RP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#173
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs DET	Ty Madden	#256
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#214	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#233
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#232
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#200	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ PHI
Tue, Mar 31st				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Jun 17th				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 25th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Jesse Scholtens (2026)

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