Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Matt Festa RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 55	# 358
VBR	# 275	# 476

Projections

Strikeouts	24	10
Wins	2	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.22	4.03
WHIP	1.32	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 55	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 69	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 62	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 50	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 99	# 332

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 47	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	25	57

Games Started	25	0

Innings Pitched	138.2	56.0

Wins	7	2

Losses	8	3

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	7

Hits Allowed	126	58

Earned Runs	55	22

Home Runs Allowed	20	6

Strikeouts	126	62

Walks	32	16

ERA	3.57	3.54

WHIP	1.14	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	12

Games Started	5	0

Innings Pitched	27.2	9.9

Wins	2	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	26	9

Earned Runs	13	4

Home Runs Allowed	4	1

Strikeouts	24	10

Walks	8	3

ERA	4.22	4.03

WHIP	1.32	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	Emerson Hancock allowed five runs on eight hits over five innings with one strikeout in a loss on Friday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 29th	Matt Festa worked around a walk and punched out one to secure the save in Wednesday's 10-2 win over the Royals. He tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings in the appearance. Matthew Adam Thu, Apr 9th
	Emerson Hancock allowed three runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts in a no-decision on Friday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd
	Emerson Hancock allowed two runs on five hits over seven innings with eight strikeouts and two walks in a win on Saturday against the Astros. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th
	Emerson Hancock allowed two runs on nine hits over 4 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Sunday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th
	Emerson Hancock allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks in a loss on Tuesday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Emerson Hancock SP,RP - SEA			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#406	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#193
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#263	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#375	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#224	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#21	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#72	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-3)	#127	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Emerson Hancock for Matt Festa (2026)

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