Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Max Lazar (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 356	‐
VBR	# 570	# 749

Projections

Strikeouts	16	10
Wins	1	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.60
WHIP	1.34	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	6

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	44.2	8.0

Wins	2	0

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	48	8

Earned Runs	21	5

Home Runs Allowed	6	3

Strikeouts	49	5

Walks	13	3

ERA	4.23	5.63

WHIP	1.37	1.38

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Max Lazar RP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	16

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.1	12.5

Wins	1	1

Losses	1	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	15	13

Earned Runs	8	6

Home Runs Allowed	2	2

Strikeouts	16	10

Walks	6	4

ERA	4.27	4.60

WHIP	1.34	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Max Lazar RP - PHI
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 Phillies optioned Max Lazar to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
		The Phillies recalled RHP Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
		The Phillies are optioning Max Lazar to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
		The Phillies recalled Max Lazar from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		The Phillies activated RHP Maz Lazar from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Max Lazar RP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#340
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ ATL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Apr 4th				@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Thu, Apr 30th				vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, May 14th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Jun 15th				vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 25th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, Jul 27th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Trevor Williams (0-0)	#266
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, Aug 17th				vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Thu, Sep 17th				@ NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Max Lazar (2026)

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