Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Will Johnston (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 356	‐
VBR	# 570	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	16	1
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	3.91
WHIP	1.34	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	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	46	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	44.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	1	‐

Blown Saves	1	‐

Holds	7	‐

Hits Allowed	48	‐

Earned Runs	21	‐

Home Runs Allowed	6	‐

Strikeouts	49	‐

Walks	13	‐

ERA	4.23	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	12

Games Started	0	1

Innings Pitched	16.1	1.2

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	15	1

Earned Runs	8	1

Home Runs Allowed	2	0

Strikeouts	16	1

Walks	6	1

ERA	4.27	3.91

WHIP	1.34	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
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
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			Will Johnston SP,RP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs BAL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs HOU
Sat, Apr 4th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 30th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, May 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jul 17th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Mon, Aug 17th				@ KC
Mon, Aug 31st				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for Will Johnston (2026)

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