2024 Stats
W-L
6-1
ERA
5.70
WHIP
1.23
K
24
SV
0
2025 Projections
Shipped to Wrigleyville
The Rangers traded Festa to the Cubs on Thursday in exchange for cash considerations.
ANALYSIS
The 31-year-old righty was pushed off the Rangers' 40-man roster Monday to make room for new acquisition Chris Martin but will reclaim a 40-man spot upon moving to Chicago. Festa finished 2024 with a 5.70 ERA and 1.23 WHIP across 23.2 total innings between the Mets and Rangers, and he'll now attempt to make the Cubs' bullpen as a low-leverage arm during spring training. Miles Mastrobuoni was DFA'd in a corresponding move.
The 31-year-old righty was pushed off the Rangers' 40-man roster Monday to make room for new acquisition Chris Martin but will reclaim a 40-man spot upon moving to Chicago. Festa finished 2024 with a 5.70 ERA and 1.23 WHIP across 23.2 total innings between the Mets and Rangers, and he'll now attempt to make the Cubs' bullpen as a low-leverage arm during spring training. Miles Mastrobuoni was DFA'd in a corresponding move.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
20
Last 10 Games
21
Last 5 Games
20
How many pitches does Matt Festa generally throw?
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11-20
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41-50
51-60
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91-100
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111-120
121+
What part of the game does Matt Festa generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-2%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-30%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .216 | 32 | 17 | 27 | 7 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .212 | 69 | 21 | 41 | 6 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .286 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .200 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .071 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .176 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .211 | 20 | 8 | 16 | 7 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .223 | 44 | 10 | 27 | 3 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-26%
ERA at Home
2024
-35%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | 3.86 | 1.33 | 42.0 | 9.4 | 5.6 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 5.24 | 1.12 | 44.2 | 11.5 | 2.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 6.94 | 1.37 | 11.2 | 8.5 | 5.4 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.50 | 1.08 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 0.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 6.23 | 2.31 | 4.1 | 12.5 | 16.6 | ||||
| 2023Away | 1.93 | 1.29 | 4.2 | 13.5 | 7.7 | ||||
| 2022Home | 2.08 | 1.15 | 26.0 | 9.3 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2022Away | 6.11 | 1.11 | 28.0 | 11.9 | 2.3 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Matt Festa compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.00K/9
9.1BB/9
3.0HR/9
0.8Fastball
91.9 mphERA
5.70WHIP
1.23BABIP
.308GB/FB
0.59Left On Base
42.0%Exit Velocity
78.8 mphBarrels/BBE
3.5%Spin Rate
2515 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
17.5%Swinging Strike
12.8%Advanced Pitching Stats
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2019 Fantasy Outlook
After spending the first few months as the closer for Double-A Arkansas, Festa got the call up to Seattle in July and rode the shuttle for a while before settling in for good in September. In total, he made eight appearances for the big-league team, including one start as an opener (covering one inning). The strikeout punch that Festa showed on the farm was completely absent, with his K-rate falling from 32.3% to just 10% with the jump in levels. He relied more so on limiting walks (5%) and hard contact (18.2%). Festa doesn't throw particularly hard and his swinging-strike rate was just 6.9% in his first foray into the majors. Chances are, Festa will break camp on the major-league roster after general manager Jerry Dipoto cleaned house this winter, but Festa has not yet flashed the kind of swing-and-miss dominance against upper-level hitters to suggest he has a realistic chance to close in 2019.
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DFA'd by Texas
Festa was designated for assignment by the Rangers on Monday.
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Joins big-league bullpen
The Rangers selected Festa's contract from Triple-A Round Rock on Sunday.
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Gets MiLB contract from Texas
The Rangers signed Festa to a minor-league contract on Monday.
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Becoming free agent
Festa elected free agency Friday, Will Sammon of The Athletic reports.
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Designated for assignment
The Mets designated Festa for assignment Wednesday, Mike Puma of the New York Post reports.
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