Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 356	‐
VBR	# 532	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	3
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	4.91
WHIP	1.30	1.45

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.40	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	3

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	17.7	2.8

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	1

Hits Allowed	16	3

Earned Runs	8	2

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	17	3

Walks	6	2

ERA	4.08	4.91

WHIP	1.30	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
News
	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 Orioles designated RHP Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
		Jackson Kowar has been traded from the Minnesota Twins to the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations. David Leisering Sat, Feb 14th
		The Twins designated Jackson Kowar for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Feb 12th
		Jackson Kowar has signed a minor league deal with the Minnesota Twins. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. David Leisering Tue, Feb 3rd
		The Seattle Mariners have designated right-hander Jackson Kowar for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Jackson Kowar RP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Sat, Apr 4th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#195
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th				vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#201	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Thu, May 28th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#236
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#68
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#166
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 11th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#427
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#407
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Mon, Jul 27th				@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	vs PHI	Brad Keller
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th				@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ NYY
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Jackson Kowar for Matt Festa (2026)

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