Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 282	# 358
VBR	# 430	# 476

Projections

Strikeouts	11	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	4.03
WHIP	1.35	1.30

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 427	# 372

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 181	# 332

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	55	57

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	48.0	56.0

Wins	3	2

Losses	3	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	11	7

Hits Allowed	51	58

Earned Runs	31	22

Home Runs Allowed	5	6

Strikeouts	59	62

Walks	22	16

ERA	5.81	3.54

WHIP	1.52	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	9.7	9.9

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	2

Hits Allowed	8	9

Earned Runs	4	4

Home Runs Allowed	1	1

Strikeouts	11	10

Walks	4	3

ERA	3.63	4.03

WHIP	1.35	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	Jose Alvarado gave up one hit while striking out two in a scoreless bottom of the ninth during Wednesday's 3-0 over the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 28th	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
	Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he would like to stay away from Jose Alvarado on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jose Alvarado RP - PHI			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#214
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#128
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#323
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#414	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-6)	#140
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#348	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#281	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#136
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#80	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#137	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#149
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#76
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#225
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#230	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#168	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#313
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#347
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#355	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#62
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#373
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#164	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#95
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Cade Gibson		vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#176	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#393
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#245
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI	Kade Strowd		vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#209
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#54
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (5-8)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th				@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#8
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Jose Alvarado for Matt Festa (2026)

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