Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Paul Skenes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 5	‐
VBR	# 31	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	68	‐
Wins	4	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	2.91	‐
WHIP	1.10	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 10	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 4	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 3	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 4	# 285

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 6	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	23	‐

Games Started	23	‐

Innings Pitched	124.2	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	109	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	156	‐

Walks	32	‐

ERA	4.12	‐

WHIP	1.13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	‐

Games Started	10	‐

Innings Pitched	57.2	‐

Wins	4	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	18	‐

Home Runs Allowed	5	‐

Strikeouts	68	‐

Walks	15	‐

ERA	2.91	‐

WHIP	1.10	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings with seven strikeouts and four walks in a no-decision on Friday against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st	David Festa underwent surgery both to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Paul Skenes allowed five runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with 11 strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Paul Skenes allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Paul Skenes will start on Sunday against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Paul Skenes allowed two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and one walk in a win on Sunday against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Skenes SP - PIT			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#252
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Mon, May 18th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#413
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#403
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#211
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TEX
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Paul Skenes (2026)

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