Twins starter David Festa is done for the season after suffering a setback while working back from a shoulder injury, relays Bobby Nightengale of The Minnesota Star-Tribune. Festa is headed for a consultation with noted orthopedist Dr. Keith Meister.
The 25-year-old Festa has been out since the middle of July. Minnesota sent him to Triple-A St. Paul for a rehab start on August 28. Festa struck out five over 2 2/3 scoreless innings. It seems he came out of the appearance with renewed shoulder pain. That’ll shut him down for the year. The Twins will hope there’s nothing structurally amiss that’ll impact his availability for 2026.
Festa is in his second big league season. He has missed bats at an above-average rate but given up a few too many home runs, contributing to a 5.12 ERA through his first 25 appearances. Festa surrendered 5.40 earned runs per nine across 53 1/3 frames this year. The 6’6″ righty was one of Minnesota’s better pitching prospects before his debut. He’s one of a handful of mid-20s pitchers whom the Twins hope will be long-term rotation pieces.
Zebby Matthews, Simeon Woods Richardson and deadline acquisition Taj Bradley are in the current starting five. Mick Abel, acquired from Philadelphia in the Jhoan Duran deal, has been hit hard in his first two appearances as a Twin and was optioned back to Triple-A yesterday. Festa is on the 15-day injured list, so the Twins can transfer him to the 60-day IL if they need to open a 40-man roster spot before the end of the season. He crossed the one-year service line this season and is under club control through at least 2030.
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Amen Brother crise, you’re preaching to the choir. Although, I will make a little addition to this year. This team knows from last year that the Pohlads weren’t going to do anything to improve the team even if they looked like they were a playoff team. Making no moves at the trade dealing last year was a big piece of the collapse that happened. And it was a big part of this year’s collapse starting almost as soon as Lopez was injured and not waiting for things like our starts, overused bullpens. Pohlads weren’t going to spend a dime on any improvements no matter what and everybody knew it
Amen Brother crise, you’re preaching to the choir. Although, I will make a little addition to this year. This team knows from last year that the Pohlads weren’t going to do anything to improve the team even if they looked like they were a playoff team. Making no moves at the trade dealing last year was a big piece of the collapse that happened. And it was a big part of this year’s collapse starting almost as soon as Lopez was injured and not waiting for things like our starts, overused bullpens. Pohlads weren’t going to spend a dime on any improvements no matter what and everybody knew it.
It’s his Festa and you can cry if you want to (cry if you want to)
The Slim Reaper will rise again