Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	David Festa SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	‐
VBR	# 412	# 880

Projections

Strikeouts	52	9
Wins	3	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.47	4.24
WHIP	1.44	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 88	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 102	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 226	# 278

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 142	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	13	‐

Games Started	13	‐

Innings Pitched	52.0	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	45	‐

Earned Runs	35	‐

Home Runs Allowed	9	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Walks	33	‐

ERA	6.06	‐

WHIP	1.50	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	5

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	50.3	9.2

Wins	3	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	47	9

Earned Runs	25	4

Home Runs Allowed	7	1

Strikeouts	52	9

Walks	23	3

ERA	4.47	4.24

WHIP	1.44	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	Tatsuya Imai will start on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 3 2/3 innings in Tuesday’s win over the Nationals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Tatsuya Imai allowed five earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out two over 1 1/3 innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Tatsuya Imai allowed two hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six innings in Thursday’s win over the Tigers. Chris Schommer Fri, Jun 26th	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
	Tatsuya Imai allowed three earned runs on six hits while striking out 11 over six innings in Friday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	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
	Tatsuya Imai SP - HOU			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#319
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#321
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#378	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#99	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#80	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#242
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#188	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 9th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#424
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th				@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th				vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#334
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Tatsuya Imai (2026)

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