Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Max Fried (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Fried SP - NYY	David Festa SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 36	‐
VBR	# 92	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	61	‐
Wins	5	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.41	‐
WHIP	1.23	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 43	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 37	# 278

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 17	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Fried SP - NYY	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	66.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	44	‐

Earned Runs	22	‐

Home Runs Allowed	1	‐

Strikeouts	57	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	2.97	‐

WHIP	0.96	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Fried SP - NYY	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	‐

Games Started	11	‐

Innings Pitched	65.8	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	58	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	20	‐

ERA	3.41	‐

WHIP	1.23	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Fried SP - NYY	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	Max Fried allowed one hit and one walk while striking out seven over five innings in Wednesday’s win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	The Yankees activated Max Fried from the injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd	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
	Max Fried (elbow) will take the mound in the second game of a doubleheader between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday the club announced. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will be activated next week. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Max Fried will make his next rehab start on Thursday or Friday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Max Fried SP - NYY			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#189
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#224	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#98	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#237
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#419
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd				@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#327
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#153	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#231
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#219	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#121	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-0)	#359
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Max Fried (2026)

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