Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Matt Festa RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 324	# 356
VBR	# 691	# 570

Projections

Strikeouts	14	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.39	4.27
WHIP	1.41	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 403	# 328

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 261	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	45	46

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	54.1	44.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	1	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	4	7

Hits Allowed	35	48

Earned Runs	19	21

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	34	49

Walks	26	13

ERA	3.15	4.23

WHIP	1.12	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.2	16.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	2

Hits Allowed	18	15

Earned Runs	9	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	14	16

Walks	7	6

ERA	4.39	4.27

WHIP	1.41	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	The Cardinals recalled RHP Gordon Graceffo from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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
	The Cardinals optioned Gordon Graceffo to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
	Gordon Graceffo threw a scoreless frame on nine pitches in Thursday's 11-5 win over Atlanta. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 3rd
	Gordon Graceffo threw 10 pitches in a scoreless inning during Sunday's 12-10 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 22nd
	Gordon Graceffo walked one batter in a scoreless outing during Friday's 5-4 win over the Royals. Chase Davis Sat, May 16th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Gordon Graceffo RP - STL			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#199	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sun, Apr 5th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Apr 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Mon, Apr 27th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Fri, May 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Mon, May 4th	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, May 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Tue, May 12th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Fri, May 15th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sat, May 23rd	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#391	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ NYM	Austin Warren		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 11th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Jun 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244
Tue, Jun 16th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATL	Danny Young		@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Aug 7th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CHC			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CIN			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ PHI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ PHI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ PHI			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BAL			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PIT			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ COL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ COL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ COL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SF			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SF			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs WSH			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PIT			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Mon, May 18th				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Gordon Graceffo for Matt Festa (2026)

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