Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Nolan McLean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 20	‐
VBR	# 172	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	64	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.65	‐
WHIP	1.31	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 24	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 22	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 14	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 18	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 36	# 278

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	119.1	‐

Wins	7	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	90	‐

Earned Runs	44	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	142	‐

Walks	43	‐

ERA	3.32	‐

WHIP	1.11	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	59.4	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	51	‐

Earned Runs	24	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	64	‐

Walks	22	‐

ERA	3.65	‐

WHIP	1.31	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	Nolan McLean allowed two earned runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven across six innings in Saturday's 4-3 loss against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Nolan McLean allowed two hits and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless innings in Sunday's win over the Phillies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Nolan McLean allowed two unearned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings in Friday's loss to the Red Sox. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Nolan McLean picked up the win Sunday after allowing three runs, two earned, over six-plus innings against Atlanta. All three runs came in the first inning, with the unearned run coming after McLean’s errant pickoff throw. He struck out five and walked one before exiting in the seventh after allowing a leadoff single to Austin Riley. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Nolan McLean will start one of the two games in Wednesday’s doubleheader for the Mets. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd	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
	Nolan McLean SP - NYM			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#206
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Tue, May 5th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#416
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#311
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#101
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Fri, Jun 19th				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#216
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#218
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#209
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Nolan McLean (2026)

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