Who Should I Trade?

John King for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 319	# 356
VBR	# 572	# 571

Projections

Strikeouts	16	18
Wins	1	1
Saves	1	0
ERA	4.02	4.20
WHIP	1.43	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 350	# 325

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 269	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	John King RP - MIA	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	41	44

Games Started	1	0

Innings Pitched	40.2	43.0

Wins	6	2

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	4	7

Hits Allowed	20	47

Earned Runs	11	21

Home Runs Allowed	4	6

Strikeouts	30	47

Walks	12	13

ERA	2.43	4.40

WHIP	0.79	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	John King RP - MIA	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	23	19

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	21.8	18.8

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	3	2

Hits Allowed	23	17

Earned Runs	10	9

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	18

Walks	7	7

ERA	4.02	4.20

WHIP	1.43	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	John King RP - MIA	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	The Marlins activated John King from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	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
	John King is working on his pitch design and running. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	The Marlins placed LHP John King on the 15-day injured list with a left lateral ankle sprain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	John King will start a bullpen game on Sunday for the Marlins. Ari Koslow Sun, May 31st
	John King recorded the final out of Saturday’s 8-7 win over the Washington Nationals to earn the first save of his career. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 10th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	John King RP - MIA			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Apr 10th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#227	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#212	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Tue, May 12th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Thu, May 14th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, May 15th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#72	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#214	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 1st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#366	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jun 5th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Thu, Jun 11th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#35	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Jun 16th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#417	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Fri, Jul 17th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#133	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Thu, Jul 30th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, Jul 31st	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ATL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs PIT			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs PIT			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CIN			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CIN			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CIN			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PHI			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PHI			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs WSH			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs BOS			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ WSH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ WSH			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ KC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs CHC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs CHC			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs NYM			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ ARI			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ SD			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ SD			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ CHC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ CHC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ CHC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ATL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ATL			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF

Who Should I Trade?

John King for Matt Festa (2026)

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