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Matthew Joseph Festa (born March 11, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2018.

Matthew Festa
Festa with the Arkansas Travelers
Seattle Mariners – No. 67
Pitcher
Born: (1993-03-11) March 11, 1993 (age 29) Brooklyn, New York
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 14, 2018, for the Seattle Mariners
MLB statistics (through 2022 season)
Win–loss record	2–2
Earned run average	4.36
Strikeouts	89
Teams
Seattle Mariners (2018–2019, 2022–present)

Career

Festa attended St. Joseph by the Sea High School in Staten Island, New York. He enrolled at Dominican College, where he played college baseball for the Dominican Chargers for one year, and transferred to East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, where he played college baseball for the East Stroudsburg Warriors for three years. The Seattle Mariners selected him in the seventh round, with the 207th overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft.[1][2]

In 2016, Festa pitched for the Everett AquaSox of the Low-A Northwest League,[3] posting a 6–2 win–loss record with a 3.73 earned run average (ERA) in 14 games (eight starts). Festa pitched for the Modesto Nuts of the High-A California League in 2017, where he went 4–2 with a 3.23 ERA with 99 strikeouts in 69+2⁄3 innings pitched,[4] and appeared in the league's all-star game.[5] In 2018, the Mariners invited Festa to spring training.[6] He began the regular season with the Arkansas Travelers of the Double-A Texas League, and the Mariners promoted him to the major leagues on July 14.[7] He made his major league debut that day.[8]

Festa made the Mariners' Opening Day roster in 2019.[9] Festa was sent down to the Tacoma Rainiers of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League multiple times during the season, ending his 2019 season with just 20 appearances for Seattle. On February 3, 2020, Festa was designated for assignment and outrighted to Tacoma on February 10. On March 5, 2020, Festa underwent Tommy John surgery, ending his 2020 season before it began.[10] He returned to action in August 2021 for Tacoma, and pitched 21+1⁄3 innings of 2.95 ERA ball for the team, also appearing in four rehab games with the High-A Everett AquaSox and AZL Mariners.[11]

The Mariners invited Festa to spring training as a non-roster player in 2022. Starting in the 2022 season, Festa decided to go by his full first name of Matthew instead of his abbreviated name Matt.[12] On April 7, the Mariners selected Festa's contract, adding him to their Opening Day roster.[13]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet

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