Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Ryan Watson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 592	# 768

Projections

Strikeouts	17	15
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.21	4.54
WHIP	1.34	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 294

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 277	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	30

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	48.2

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	1

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	1

Hits Allowed	‐	46

Earned Runs	‐	25

Home Runs Allowed	‐	7

Strikeouts	‐	38

Walks	‐	18

ERA	‐	4.62

WHIP	‐	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	8	23

Games Started	2	0

Innings Pitched	17.0	18.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	16	19

Earned Runs	8	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	3

Strikeouts	17	15

Walks	6	7

ERA	4.21	4.54

WHIP	1.34	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
News
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	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
	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	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
	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Festa SP - MIN			Ryan Watson SP,RP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-6)	#211
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#169	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#206	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#304
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#162
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (4-3)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	@ STL	Dustin May (5-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#116
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#65	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#241
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#147	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#427	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#92	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (5-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#141	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#314
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#114	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#42
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#60	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#19	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#353
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#305	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#136
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#312
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#191	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#58
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#370
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#47	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#40	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#259
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#179	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (8-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#249	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#59	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#328	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#63	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#131
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-3)	#46
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#25	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#99
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#91	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#187
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#126
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (1-1)	#61	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#111	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#43
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#409	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#209
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#123	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#76
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#219
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#86	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#90
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#31	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#129	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#79	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (5-8)	#37
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#98	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein		@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#433
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#292
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (8-4)	#437	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#430	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#425	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#97
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#152	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#302
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#186	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#72
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#133	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#218
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#248	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#44	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#217
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#161
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-2)	#102	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#173	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#48	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#235
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#145
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (5-1)	#36	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#29	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#45	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	vs BAL
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-4)	#28	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#80
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#87
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (7-6)	#156	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#199	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#24
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC			@ ATH
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC			@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TB
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CHC
Tue, Mar 31st				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#18
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#57
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#148
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#74
Wed, Jun 17th				vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#21
Mon, Jul 27th				@ ATH
Fri, Aug 14th				@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Ryan Watson (2026)

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