Matt Festa
Cleveland Guardians · No. 52 · P

Matt Festa

6' 1", 195 lbs·Age 33·Bats R / Throws R
↓ ColdL4 games
Pitcher archetype· RP· DERIVED
Breaking-Ball FirstLeads with the slider, sweeper, or curve — spin over speed.2018–2026 · 3,437 pitches · 92.0 mph fastball
2026 · 41 G
4.54
ERA
2-2
W-L
39.7
IP
1.39
WHIP
41
SO
12
BB
9.3
K/9
1
SV
The Almanac's Take

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Career Highs
4.12
Best ERA · 2025
5
Most W · 2025
64
Most K · 2022
1.08
Best WHIP · 2025
Career Arc · ERA
9 seasons
Statistical Comps
Last 10 Games
DateIPHERBBSOHRDec
Jul 181.33322030
Jul 80.66731110L
Jul 7110000
Jul 4121100
Jul 1100000
Jun 290.33300010
Jun 281.33320100W
Jun 26120010
Jun 20110020
Jun 190.66731001BS

Career · Hitting

3 seasons
YearTeamGABHRRBIAVGOPSOPS+
20188000
201920000
202563000
Career91000

Career · Pitching

9 seasons
YearTeamGIPWLERAERA+SOWHIP
201888.1002.1641.80
20192022.1025.64211.43
20225354.0204.17641.13
202389.0004.00131.78
202411.00136.0015.00
20241822.2604.37231.06
20241923.2615.70241.23
20256354.2544.12561.08
20264139.2224.31411.36
Career231233.02110247
Pitch Movement Map

Each pitch type this pitcher throws regularly, placed by how the ball moves — sideways break across, rise or drop down the side. Each dotted ring holds about the middle 85% of the league’s pitches of that type, so a cluster sitting outside its ring is movement most pitchers don’t have.

RHP · 3,425 pitches · 2018–2026
-24-12+12+24-24-12+12+24← GLOVE SIDEARM SIDE →HORIZONTAL BREAK (IN)INDUCED VERTICAL BREAK (IN)FFSTFCSLSICU
FF · 4-Seam Fastball42.6% · 92.3 mph
ST · Sweeper37.1% · 82.9 mph
FC · Cutter8.7% · 90.3 mph
SL · Slider6.7% · 86.4 mph
SI · Sinker4.0% · 92.8 mph
CU · Curveball0.9% · 81.6 mph

The dots — a sample of this pitcher’s regular-season pitches, placed by movement: left–right is horizontal break, up–down is induced vertical break (what the pitch does beyond gravity). The view is handedness-neutral — positive break is toward the pitcher’s arm side for lefties and righties alike, so every sinker runs right and every sweeper breaks left, whoever throws it.

The dotted rings — about the middle 85% of where each pitch type lands league-wide (a 2-standard-deviation spread), measured from 7.5 million regular-season pitches since 2015. A cluster sitting well outside its ring is movement most of the league doesn’t get. Spring training and the postseason are excluded.

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