Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Matt Festa, who last played with the New York Mets, signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.
Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Matt Festa signed a minor league contract with American League West rivals Texas Rangers on Wednesday, according tofrom 2018-2023, but his time with Seattle was impacted by injuries. In 89 games with Seattle, Festa had a 4.32 ERA, pitched 93.2 innings and struck out 102 batters.Festa had Tommy John surgery in March 2020 which kept him out for that year and for 2021. He returned for 2022 but was designated for assignment on Aug. 8, 2023.
Festa didn't wait long to find a home and signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets on May 19. He pitched 11 games for the team's Triple-A Syracuse Mets and performed well — posting a 1.76 ERA with 19 strikeouts.
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