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Mariners Designate Matt Festa For Assignment

By Steve Adams | February 3, 2020 at 2:04pm CDT

The Mariners announced Monday that they’ve designated right-hander Matt Festa for assignment. His spot on the 40-man roster will go to outfielder Jose Siri, whose previously reported waiver claim out of the Reds organization has now been formally announced by Seattle.

Festa, 27 next month, has pitched 30 2/3 innings of relief with the Mariners over the past two seasons, logging a 4.70 ERA with a 25-to-14 K/BB ratio and a 36.5 percent ground-ball rate along the way. Seattle initially selected him in the seventh round of the 2016 draft.

Festa has enjoyed solid numbers in Double-A and Triple-A, albeit in limited samples of work. The East Stroudsberg University product pitched to a 2.76 ERA with 12.3 K/9 against 2.2 BB/9 in 49 innings in 2018 before logging a 2.64 ERA, 9.7 K/9 and 4.1 BB/9 in 30 2/3 Triple-A frames in 2019. Festa doesn’t throw particularly hard (93 mph average four-seamer) and doesn’t have the type of gaudy spin rates that attract some clubs to pitchers who lack premium velocity. His success in the upper minors and the fact that he has a minor league option year remaining, however, could earn him a look with another club.

The Mariners will have a week to trade Festa, place him on outright waivers or release him.

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  1. DarkSide830

    5 years ago

    this guy has some potential. no way he gets through waivers.

    Reply
    • jdgoat

      5 years ago

      I like him too, you’d think they’d have better options in the 40 man to trim.

      Reply
      • MortDingle

        5 years ago

        Seems like the M’s have invested a lot of time in him, the Reds are retooling and Siri could be useful.

        Reply
    • snake120

      5 years ago

      First place ribbon

      Reply
    • thekid9

      5 years ago

      Thank you Johnny Superscout

      Reply
  2. WideWorldofSports

    5 years ago

    festa fiesta

    Reply
  3. towinagain

    5 years ago

    Ok Siri what happened with Matt Festa?

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    • DarkSide830

      5 years ago

      the robots are taking our roster spots!

      Reply
  4. xcfan

    5 years ago

    Uncle Festa no longer gets to hang out with his cousin Austin Adams in the bullpen.

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  5. schwender

    5 years ago

    Mariners continue their purge of homegrown players from their 40-man

    Reply
  6. toycannon

    5 years ago

    They should have dumped Dylan Moore.

    Reply
  7. thebaseballfanatic

    5 years ago

    Yeah, the Mariners need pitching more than a 27 year old infielder with little potential currently…

    Reply
    • bigredsfan41017

      5 years ago

      Siri is an outfielder

      Reply
      • toycannon

        5 years ago

        He’s referring to Dylan Moore. See post above his.

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      • toycannon

        5 years ago

        He’s referring to Dylan Moore.

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        • 24TheKid

          5 years ago

          Dylan Moore was their best defender last season, so I’m not sure he has no place on the roster.

          Reply
  8. dynamite drop in monty

    5 years ago

    Party’s over for Festa

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  9. ayrbhoy

    5 years ago

    Festa and Reggie McLain designated- hmm… upper mgmt obviously thinks we have a wealth of RP’s.

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    • xcfan

      5 years ago

      There are several in the minors knocking on the door with more potential than those two, so yeah, I can see why they think we have a wealth of RPs.
      Jack Anderson, Joey Gerber, Wyatt Mills, Sam Delaplane, and Aaron Fletcher are all NRI RPs who could get call ups this year.

      Reply
  10. ckln88

    5 years ago

    Yet again we release someone for a bs waiver claim ourselves. They just give up on guys in the minors so easily I don’t get it.

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