Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Matt Festa (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 356	‐
VBR	# 570	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.27	‐
WHIP	1.34	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	# 423

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	10.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	2

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	2

Hits Allowed	48	9

Earned Runs	21	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	49	10

Walks	13	7

ERA	4.23	4.50

WHIP	1.37	1.60

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	16.1	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	2	‐

Hits Allowed	15	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	16	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.27	‐

WHIP	1.34	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Lucas Sims RP - CWS
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 White Sox re-signed RHP Lucas Sims to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
		Sims posted a 4.50 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, and 10:7 K:BB across 10 innings with Chicago before being removed from the White Sox' 40-man roster. He passed through waivers unclaimed and elected free agency Saturday. Bruno Mulé Mon, Apr 27th
		The White Sox designated RHP Lucas Sims for assignment. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 23rd
		The White Sox selected the contract of RHP Lucas Sims from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Wed, Apr 1st
		Lucas Sims has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. The deal includes an invitation to Spring Training. David Leisering Fri, Jan 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Lucas Sims RP - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, May 14th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, May 28th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, Jul 17th				@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Mon, Jul 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CHC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st				@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs PIT
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th				vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs COL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Lucas Sims for Matt Festa (2026)

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