Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Matt Festa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 332	# 357
VBR	# 697	# 570

Projections

Strikeouts	12	16
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.32	4.27
WHIP	1.32	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	IL15	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 329

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 361	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	47

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	42.2	45.1

Wins	2	2

Losses	3	2

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	2	1

Holds	12	7

Hits Allowed	46	49

Earned Runs	29	21

Home Runs Allowed	11	6

Strikeouts	40	50

Walks	13	14

ERA	6.12	4.17

WHIP	1.38	1.39

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	14	18

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	12.2	16.1

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	2

Hits Allowed	11	15

Earned Runs	6	8

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	12	16

Walks	4	6

ERA	4.32	4.27

WHIP	1.32	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	A's right-hander Justin Sterner (knee) is working through a strengthening exercises protocol. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th	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 Athletics placed Justin Sterner on the 15-day IL with right knee chondromalacia. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Justin Sterner RP - ATH			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#175	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Justin Sterner for Matt Festa (2026)

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