Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 358	‐
VBR	# 561	# 821

Projections

Strikeouts	5	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.02	3.62
WHIP	1.30	1.54

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 336	# 354

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	63	4

Games Started	0	2

Innings Pitched	63.2	10.1

Wins	2	0

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	2

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	64	18

Earned Runs	25	12

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	69	8

Walks	19	2

ERA	3.53	10.45

WHIP	1.30	1.94

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	6	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	4.9	2.1

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	0

Hits Allowed	4	2

Earned Runs	2	1

Home Runs Allowed	1	0

Strikeouts	5	2

Walks	2	1

ERA	4.02	3.62

WHIP	1.30	1.54

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
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 Cubs optioned Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Cubs optioned LHP Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Cubs recalled LHP Jordan Wicks from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
		The Cubs have optioned right-hander Jordan Wicks to Triple-A Iowa. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
		Jordan Wicks allowed three runs on four hits with one strikeout in two innings as the Cubs dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals on Sunday night. David Leisering Sun, May 31st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Jordan Wicks SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#272
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#237
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (1-2)	#171
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#18
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (5-8)	#56
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#106
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ SD	Matt Waldron (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#363
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#160	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#132	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-10)	#400
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#323
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#107
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-9)	#13	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#200	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#233
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#306
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#167
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#84	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#91
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#249	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#158	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)		vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#376	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-6)	#81	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#137
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-2)	#214	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#145
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#253	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (1-1)	#47
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#373	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#234	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#141
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#120	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs PIT	Wilber Dotel (1-5)	#266
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (5-7)	#77	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#109
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#384	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-4)	#76
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#146	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-4)	#108
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#180
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100

Who Should I Trade?

Jordan Wicks for Matt Festa (2026)

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