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Matt Festa for Porter Hodge (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Matt Festa RP - CLE  | Porter Hodge RP - CHC  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | ‐ | ‐ |
| VBR | # 585 | ‐ |
| Projections | ||
| Strikeouts | 34 | ‐ |
| Wins | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.24 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.34 | ‐ |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | IL60 |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 304 | ‐ |
| Matt Festa RP - CLE | Porter Hodge RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| Games Played | 25 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 25.0 | ‐ |
| Wins | 1 | ‐ |
| Losses | 1 | ‐ |
| Saves | 1 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 7 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 23 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 13 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 5 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 27 | ‐ |
| Walks | 8 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.68 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.24 | ‐ |
| Matt Festa RP - CLE | Porter Hodge RP - CHC | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| Games Played | 36 | ‐ |
| Games Started | 0 | ‐ |
| Innings Pitched | 34.2 | ‐ |
| Wins | 2 | ‐ |
| Losses | 2 | ‐ |
| Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Blown Saves | 0 | ‐ |
| Holds | 6 | ‐ |
| Hits Allowed | 31 | ‐ |
| Earned Runs | 16 | ‐ |
| Home Runs Allowed | 4 | ‐ |
| Strikeouts | 34 | ‐ |
| Walks | 13 | ‐ |
| ERA | 4.24 | ‐ |
| WHIP | 1.34 | ‐ |
| Matt Festa RP - CLE | Porter Hodge RP - CHC | |
| 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 Cubs transferred RHP Porter Hodge to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 25th | |
| Porter Hodge underwent reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace on Tuesday. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Apr 22nd | ||
| Porter Hodge will undergo season-ending UCL surgery on his right elbow. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 16th | ||
| Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that the goal is for Porter Hodge to begin playing catch around April 1. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Mar 24th | ||
| Cubs’ manager Craig Counsell told reporters Porter Hodge will begin the season on the injured list with a right elbow flexor strain. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th | ||
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Matt Festa RP - CLE | Porter Hodge RP - CHC | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | vs WSH | Miles Mikolas (1-4) | #215 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | vs LAA | Ryan Johnson | |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | vs LAA | Jose Soriano (6-4) | #45 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | vs LAA | Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) | #155 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | @ CLE | Joey Cantillo (4-2) | #106 | |
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | @ TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | @ TB | Mason Englert | |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | @ TB | Joe Boyle (0-1) | #167 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | vs PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | vs PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | vs PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | |||
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs NYM | Kodai Senga (0-4) | #129 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | vs NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs NYM | Tobias Myers (0-1) | #188 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #293 | vs PHI | Jesus Luzardo (4-4) | #10 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | vs PHI | Kyle Backhus | |
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | @ LAD | Emmet Sheehan (3-1) | #42 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (7-2) | #130 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | @ SD | Randy Vasquez (5-3) | #199 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | @ SD | Walker Buehler (3-3) | #220 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | @ SD | Matt Waldron (1-2) | #307 |
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | vs ARI | Ryne Nelson (2-4) | #89 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (5-3) | #93 |
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | vs CIN | Chase Petty (0-0) | #416 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #173 | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 |
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | @ ATL | Grant Holmes (3-2) | #139 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | @ ATL | JR Ritchie (1-1) | #236 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | @ CWS | Davis Martin (8-1) | #79 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | @ CWS | Erick Fedde (0-5) | #373 |
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | vs MIL | Brandon Sproat (1-4) | #158 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | vs MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #101 | vs MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | vs HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | @ PIT | Carmen Mlodzinski (4-3) | #132 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | @ PIT | Braxton Ashcraft (4-2) | #47 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | @ STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | @ STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | vs ATH | Gage Jump (0-1) | #150 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | vs ATH | Jeffrey Springs (3-6) | #111 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | vs ATH | Luis Severino (2-6) | #146 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (4-4) | #428 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | @ COL | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | @ SF | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | @ SF | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | @ SF | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | vs COL | ||||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | vs TOR | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | @ NYM | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | @ MIL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | vs SD | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | |||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | @ BAL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | vs MIN | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | @ PIT | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | @ STL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | @ STL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | vs NYY | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | vs LAD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | |||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | @ KC | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | @ KC | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | @ KC | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | @ WSH | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | vs STL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | vs CWS | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | @ SEA | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | @ ARI | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | vs PIT | ||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | @ CIN | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | vs MIA | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | vs MIA | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | vs MIA | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | @ BOS | ||||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | @ COL | |||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | vs COL | |||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | @ NYM | |||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ STL | |||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | vs LAD | |||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs CWS | |||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs MIL | |||||
