Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Tyler Mahle (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	David Festa SP - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 158	‐
VBR	# 311	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	41	‐
Wins	3	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.28	‐
WHIP	1.36	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 163	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 167	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 168	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 192	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	17	‐

Games Started	17	‐

Innings Pitched	89.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	90	‐

Earned Runs	49	‐

Home Runs Allowed	13	‐

Strikeouts	80	‐

Walks	35	‐

ERA	4.96	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	9	‐

Games Started	9	‐

Innings Pitched	47.9	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	3	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	46	‐

Earned Runs	23	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	41	‐

Walks	18	‐

ERA	4.28	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	Tyler Mahle allowed three hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's 3-0 win over the Brewers. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	David Festa underwent surgery both to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Tyler Mahle allowed three earned runs on five hits and one walk while striking out four over five innings in Tuesday’s 3-2 loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Tyler Mahle allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out four through seven innings in Saturday's win over the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Tyler Mahle allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits while striking out five over 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's loss to the Rockies. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Tyler Mahle allowed four earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over 4 1/3 innings in Monday’s 5-4 loss to the Diamondbacks. Chris Schommer Tue, Jun 30th	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
	Tyler Mahle SP - SF			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#219	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#230	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#143
Mon, Apr 13th				vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th				vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Thu, May 7th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#180
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#407
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#164	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#302
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#222	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#205
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#423	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#26
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#194
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#375	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#155	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#40
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#296	vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs TEX
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Tyler Mahle (2026)

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