Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Joey Estes (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	‐	# 1077

Projections

Strikeouts	‐	13
Wins	‐	1
Saves	‐	0
ERA	‐	5.58
WHIP	‐	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	1

Games Started	‐	1

Innings Pitched	‐	4.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	5

Earned Runs	‐	4

Home Runs Allowed	‐	1

Strikeouts	‐	4

Walks	‐	1

ERA	‐	8.31

WHIP	‐	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	13

Games Started	‐	2

Innings Pitched	‐	19.0

Wins	‐	1

Losses	‐	1

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	21

Earned Runs	‐	12

Home Runs Allowed	‐	4

Strikeouts	‐	13

Walks	‐	6

ERA	‐	5.58

WHIP	‐	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Joey Estes SP - ATH
News
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	The Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	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	Joey Estes allowed four earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 14th
	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd	The Athletics recalled RHP Joey Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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 Athletics have optioned right-hander Joey Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas. Brenton Kemp Thu, Mar 12th
	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	Estes made just three appearances for the A's in 2025, spending most of the season at Triple-A Las Vegas where he posted a 5.51 ERA across 80 innings. He eventually landed on the injured list with a herniated disc in his lower back to close out the year. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 10th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Festa SP - MIN			Joey Estes SP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#172	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#215	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#184
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#154
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#229	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#201	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs HOU
Fri, Mar 27th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#176
Thu, Apr 16th				vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Mon, Apr 20th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Thu, May 21st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, Jun 17th				vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Fri, Aug 14th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Joey Estes (2026)

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