Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for William Kempner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 357	‐
VBR	# 570	# 886

Projections

Strikeouts	16	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	4.27	4.18
WHIP	1.34	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL15

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 329	# 393

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 372	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Stats


Games Played	47	9

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	45.1	12.1

Wins	2	1

Losses	2	0

Saves	1	0

Blown Saves	1	0

Holds	7	0

Hits Allowed	49	8

Earned Runs	21	4

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	50	14

Walks	14	4

ERA	4.17	2.92

WHIP	1.39	0.97

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	William Kempner RP - MIA
2026 Projections


Games Played	18	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	16.1	6.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	2	0

Hits Allowed	15	6

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	16	7

Walks	6	3

ERA	4.27	4.18

WHIP	1.34	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Festa RP - CLE	William Kempner RP - MIA
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	William Kempner remains shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
		The Miami Marlins placed William Kempner on the 15-day injured list on Sunday due to a right elbow sprain. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 12th
		The Marlins recalled William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd
		The Marlins optioned RHP Will Kempner to Triple-A Jacksonville. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 16th
		The Marlins recalled RHP William Kempner from Triple-A Jacksoville. Ari Koslow Sat, May 30th
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			William Kempner RP - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#201
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#173	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#362
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs ATL
Sat, Apr 4th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Sun, Jun 14th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Mon, Jul 27th				vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Matt Festa for William Kempner (2026)

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