Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Omar Cruz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 357	‐
VBR	# 527	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	15	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.08	3.96
WHIP	1.30	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 329	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	45.1	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	49	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	50	‐

Walks	14	‐

ERA	4.17	‐

WHIP	1.39	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Omar Cruz RP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	13

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	15.8	1.1

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	14	1

Earned Runs	7	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	15	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.08	3.96

WHIP	1.30	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Omar Cruz RP - SD
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	Omar Cruz has signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres. The deal presumably includes an invite to spring training. David Leisering Wed, Jan 14th
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			Omar Cruz RP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#211
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CLE
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ARI
Sat, Apr 4th				@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#238
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Omar Cruz (2026)

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