Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Steven Matz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Matt Festa RP - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 178	# 358
VBR	# 527	# 567

Projections

Strikeouts	2	2
Wins	0	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.40	4.46
WHIP	1.32	1.40

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 200	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 240	# 336

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 196	# 372

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Stats


Games Played	34	65

Games Started	11	0

Innings Pitched	78.0	65.2

Wins	5	2

Losses	5	3

Saves	1	1

Blown Saves	1	1

Holds	1	7

Hits Allowed	72	65

Earned Runs	47	25

Home Runs Allowed	14	6

Strikeouts	58	69

Walks	25	20

ERA	5.42	3.43

WHIP	1.24	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Matt Festa RP - CLE
2026 Projections


Games Played	3	2

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	2.9	1.9

Wins	0	0

Losses	0	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	3	2

Earned Runs	1	1

Home Runs Allowed	0	0

Strikeouts	2	2

Walks	1	1

ERA	4.40	4.46

WHIP	1.32	1.40

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB	Matt Festa RP - CLE
News
	The Rays activated Steven Matz from the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Steven Matz threw a scoreless inning for Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Steven Matz is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th
	The Tampa Bay Rays placed Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jun 26th
	The Rays have placed left-hander Steven Matz on the 15-day injured list with a left ankle sprain. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Steven Matz SP,RP - TB			Matt Festa RP - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#206	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#166	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#292	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sat, May 9th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#246
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#171	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#250	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-5)	#106	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#146	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#313	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#124	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#122	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (7-3)	#220	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#132
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#195	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#58	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#252	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#189	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#257
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#301
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#231
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#287
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM	Justin Hagenman		vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)		vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX	Trevor Williams (2-0)	#209	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#200
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#134	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU	Miguel Ullola (1-0)	#175	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-3)	#213	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#109	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI	Jose Urquidy	#121	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Steven Matz (2026)

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