2026 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
7.00
WHIP
1.44
K
8
SV
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
Signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Guardians in November of 2025.
Falls into first save
Festa walked one and struck out one in 1.1 scoreless innings of relief Wednesday to record his first save of the season in a 10-2 win over the Royals.
Analysis
The right-hander got the final out of the eighth inning with the Guardians ahead 5-2, then watched his offense erupt for five more runs in the bottom of the frame, eliminating the need for closer Cade Smith to work the ninth. Festa has had a bumpy beginning to the season, getting tagged for runs in two of his five appearances, but Wednesday's usage was encouraging, even before he backed into the save. Through six innings, he sports a 6.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 5:1 K:BB.
The right-hander got the final out of the eighth inning with the Guardians ahead 5-2, then watched his offense erupt for five more runs in the bottom of the frame, eliminating the need for closer Cade Smith to work the ninth. Festa has had a bumpy beginning to the season, getting tagged for runs in two of his five appearances, but Wednesday's usage was encouraging, even before he backed into the save. Through six innings, he sports a 6.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 5:1 K:BB.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
19
Last 10 Games
19
Last 5 Games
18
How many pitches does Matt Festa generally throw?
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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 2024
-24%
BAA vs RHP
2026
-23%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .271 | 36 | 12 | 39 | 4 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .207 | 52 | 12 | 38 | 4 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .353 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .273 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .250 | 23 | 9 | 23 | 3 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .196 | 33 | 6 | 21 | 1 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .286 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .200 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 2 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-23%
ERA on Road
2026
-20%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 5.48 | 1.24 | 42.2 | 9.5 | 3.4 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 4.23 | 1.07 | 44.2 | 8.7 | 1.6 | ||||
| 2026Home | 6.00 | 1.00 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2026Away | 7.50 | 1.67 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | ||||
| 2025Home | 4.82 | 1.21 | 28.0 | 10.3 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2025Away | 3.38 | 0.94 | 26.2 | 8.1 | 2.4 | ||||
| 2024Home | 6.94 | 1.37 | 11.2 | 8.5 | 5.4 | ||||
| 2024Away | 4.50 | 1.08 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 0.8 | ||||
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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
8.00K/9
8.0BB/9
1.0HR/9
2.0Fastball
91.1 mphERA
7.00WHIP
1.44BABIP
.365GB/FB
0.54Left On Base
58.8%Exit Velocity
84.3 mphBarrels/BBE
5.4%Spin Rate
2523 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
32.4%Swinging Strike
11.2%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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Avoids arbitration
Festa agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract with the Guardians on Friday to avoid arbitration, Paul Hoynes of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
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Selected to roster
The Guardians selected Festa's contract from Triple-A Columbus on Friday.
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Shipped to Cleveland
The Guardians acquired Festa from the Rangers on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations.
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Back with Texas as NRI
The Rangers signed Festa to a minor-league contract Wednesday that includes an invitation to spring training, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports.
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Sent outright to Triple-A
Festa was outrighted to Triple-A Iowa on Monday, per MLB's transactions log.
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