Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Packy Naughton (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 356	‐
VBR	# 532	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	17	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.08	‐
WHIP	1.30	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 328	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	44	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	43.0	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	47	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	47	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.40	‐

WHIP	1.40	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	17.7	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	3	‐

Hits Allowed	16	‐

Earned Runs	8	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	17	‐

Walks	6	‐

ERA	4.08	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
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	Packy Naughton announced his retirement from baseball. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
		Cardinals LHP Packy Naughton will have elbow surgery next week. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
		The Cardinals have reassigned left-hander Packy Naughton to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Festa RP - CLE			Packy Naughton SP,RP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#307
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#168
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#82	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#278
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#364	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#302	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#164
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#142	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#201
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#162
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#100
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#26	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#87
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#141	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#206
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#248	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#159
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#245
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#300
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs ATL	Danny Young
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#103	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#314
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#21
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#107
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#189	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#271	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs PHI
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#219
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#200
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134
Mon, Jul 27th				vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Packy Naughton (2026)

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