Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Kumar Rocker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 155	‐
VBR	# 322	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	47	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.36	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 196	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 134	# 278

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	96.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	89	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	86	‐

Walks	36	‐

ERA	4.13	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	53.9	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	52	‐

Earned Runs	26	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	19	‐

ERA	4.36	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	Kumar Rocker allowed one hit and two walks while striking out six over six scoreless innings in Tuesday’s win over the White Sox. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Kumar Rocker allowed seven earned runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out six over 5 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Kumar Rocker took the loss Sunday against the Tigers after allowing three runs on five hits and one walk over 4.1 innings. He struck out four. Most of the damage came on a two-run homer by Riley Greene in the fourth inning, and Rocker exited in the fifth after allowing a single. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Rangers right-hander Kumar Rocker will start Sunday's series finale against the Tigers. Brenton Kemp 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
	Kumar Rocker did not factor into the decision Sunday against the Blue Jays after allowing four hits and one walk over six scoreless innings. He struck out five while recording his fourth quality start of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Kumar Rocker SP - TEX			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#73	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#133	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#264	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#222	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta		vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#199	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#225	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Kumar Rocker (2026)

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