Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	David Festa SP - MIN	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
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Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 285	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	David Festa SP - MIN	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	‐	2

Games Started	‐	0

Innings Pitched	‐	3.1

Wins	‐	0

Losses	‐	0

Saves	‐	0

Blown Saves	‐	0

Holds	‐	0

Hits Allowed	‐	1

Earned Runs	‐	0

Home Runs Allowed	‐	0

Strikeouts	‐	1

Walks	‐	0

ERA	‐	0.00

WHIP	‐	0.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	David Festa SP - MIN	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	‐	‐

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Losses	‐	‐

Saves	‐	‐

Blown Saves	‐	‐

Holds	‐	‐

Hits Allowed	‐	‐

Earned Runs	‐	‐

Home Runs Allowed	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

ERA	‐	‐

WHIP	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	David Festa SP - MIN	Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
News
	David Festa underwent surgery both to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	The Royals signed RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Vince Velasquez elected free agency. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	The Cubs designated RHP Vince Velasquez for assignment. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd	The Cubs called up Vince Velasquez. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	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	The Cubs sent RHP Vince Velasquez outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	David Festa SP - MIN			Vince Velasquez SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#256
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#169	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#233	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#213	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#195	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ BOS
Tue, Mar 31st				vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Apr 20th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Mon, May 4th				vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#381
Wed, Jun 17th				vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Aug 14th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Vince Velasquez (2026)

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