Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Max Scherzer (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	David Festa SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 299	‐
VBR	# 481	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	39	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	5.02	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 216	# 278

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 442	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	6	‐

Games Started	6	‐

Innings Pitched	22.0	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	25	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	10.23	‐

WHIP	1.73	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	8	‐

Innings Pitched	43.3	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	43	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	39	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	5.02	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Max Scherzer SP - TOR	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	The Blue Jays and Max Scherzer are still working through his next steps. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Max Scherzer tossed five no-hit innings in his latest rehab start on Wednesday. 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 Scherzer (thumb) is set to make a rehab start at Triple-A on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros 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
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Max Scherzer got three cortisone shots in his thumb. 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
	Max Scherzer is scheduled to make his next rehab start on Wednesday for Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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 Scherzer SP - TOR			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#362	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#355	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#422
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#314
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#104
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#300	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#257
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#273	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs ATH
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#432
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Max Scherzer (2026)

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