Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Zac Gallen (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 152	‐
VBR	# 516	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	21	‐
Wins	2	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.62	‐
WHIP	1.40	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 148	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 86	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 191	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 231	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	‐

Games Started	19	‐

Innings Pitched	98.0	‐

Wins	3	‐

Losses	9	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	123	‐

Earned Runs	72	‐

Home Runs Allowed	18	‐

Strikeouts	61	‐

Walks	31	‐

ERA	6.61	‐

WHIP	1.57	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	David Festa SP - MIN
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	27	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Walks	9	‐

ERA	4.62	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI	David Festa SP - MIN
News
	Zac Gallen is scheduled to undergo further imaging in early August. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	David Festa underwent surgery both to address impingement in his shoulder and recurrence of some thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Zac Gallen has started a throwing progression. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	David Festa resumed throwing on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Zac Gallen was scheduled to be back in Arizona on Tuesday to resume his rehab. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Zac Gallen is seeking a second opinion on his elbow injury on Monday Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	David Festa is scheduled to throw a live batting practice session before the end of the week. Nicholas Rodriguez Thu, Apr 23rd
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said that Zac Gallen “is waiting for other opinions from other doctors.” Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zac Gallen SP - ARI			David Festa SP - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Mar 29th				@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th				vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#399
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#308
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Jun 18th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#249
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#191
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th				vs PHI
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs ATL
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs DET
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			vs TEX
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

David Festa for Zac Gallen (2026)

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