Matt Festa
Texas Rangers, Relief Pitcher
Age: 31y-9m-12d (Mar 11, 1993)
Exp: 2.003 Years
Country: US
College: East Stroudsburg (PA)
Drafted: Round 7 (#207 overall), 2016
2025 Payroll Salary
$800,000
2025 Cash
$800,000
Career Earnings
$1,219,274
2025-2025 Pre-Arbitration (CURRENT)
Matt Festa signed a 1 year , $800,000 contract with the Texas Rangers, including $800,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $800,000. In 2025, Festa will earn a base salary of $800,000, while carrying a total salary of $800,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $800,000
Average Salary:
$800,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Year | Age | Status | PayrollAnnual | Luxury Tax | Tax % League Tax | Cash Annual | Cash Cumulative | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 32 |
Estimate
|
$800,000 | $800,000 | 0.33% | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
2026 | 33 |
ARB 1
|
Year | Age | Service | Status | Base Salary | Incentives Likely | Incentives Unlikely | Payroll Salary | Luxury Tax | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 32 | 2.003 |
Estimate
|
$800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | |
2026 | 33 | -- |
ARB 1
|
Year | Age | Status | Base Salary | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Cash Remaining | AYC Cumulative | AYC Remaining | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 32 |
Estimate |
$800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 | - | $800,000 | $800,000 |
Source:
MLB contract specifics generally collected from verified reports.
2024-2024 free-agent-restricted-street
Matt Festa signed a 1 year , $740,000 contract with the Texas Rangers, including $740,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $740,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $740,000
Average Salary:
$740,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2024-2024 free-agent-restricted-street
Matt Festa signed a 1 year , $740,000 contract with the New York Mets, including $740,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $740,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $740,000
Average Salary:
$740,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2023-2023 Pre-Arbitration
Matt Festa signed a 1 year , $725,200 contract with the Seattle Mariners, including $725,200 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $725,200.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $725,200
Average Salary:
$725,200
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2022-2022 Pre-Arbitration
Matt Festa signed a 1 year , $700,000 contract with the Seattle Mariners, including $700,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $700,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $700,000
Average Salary:
$700,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2019-2019 Pre-Arbitration
Matt Festa signed a 1 year , $555,500 contract with the Seattle Mariners, including $555,500 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $555,500.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $555,500
Average Salary:
$555,500
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2018-2018 Pre-Arbitration
Matt Festa signed a 1 year , $545,000 contract with the Seattle Mariners, including $545,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $545,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $545,000
Average Salary:
$545,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
2016-2016 Signing Bonus
Matt Festa signed a 1 year , $5,000 contract with the Seattle Mariners, including $5,000 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $5,000.
Contract Terms:
1 yr(s) / $5,000
Average Salary:
$5,000
Signing Bonus:
N/A
Seasons
2.003 Years
Career Earnings thru 2025
$1,219,274
Earnings w/ Different Teams
3 teams
Earnings Per Year
Year | Age | Team(s) | Status | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative | Awards |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 23 |
Signing Bonus
|
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
||
2018 | 25 |
Active
|
$70,320 |
$75,320 |
||
2019 | 26 |
Reserve / minor-buried
|
$185,194 |
$260,514 |
||
2022 | 29 |
Active
|
$615,360 |
$875,874 |
||
2023 | 30 |
Retained
|
$132,566 |
$1,008,440 |
||
2024 | 31 |
Retained
Active
|
$15,912 $194,922 |
$1,024,352 $1,219,274 |
||
Total |
$1,219,274 |
$1,024,352 $1,219,274 |
||||
2025 | 32 |
Active / estimate-pre-arbitration
|
$800,000 |
|||
Total |
$2,019,274 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | $1,003,440 | $5,000 | - | $1,008,440 | |
1 | $15,912 | - | - | $15,912 | |
1 | $194,922 | - | - | $194,922 |
Year | Team(s) | Age | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Total | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2016 | 23 |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
$5,000 |
|||
2018 | 25 |
$70,320
|
$70,320 |
$75,320 |
|||
2019 | 26 |
$185,194
|
$185,194 |
$260,514 |
|||
2022 | 29 |
$615,360
|
$615,360 |
$875,874 |
|||
2023 | 30 |
$132,566
|
$132,566 |
$1,008,440 |
|||
2024 | 31 |
$15,912 $194,922
|
$15,912 $194,922 |
$1,024,352 $1,219,274 |
|||
Total |
$1,214,274 |
$5,000 |
$1,219,274 |
$1,024,352 $1,219,274 |
|||
2025 | 32 |
$800,000
|
$800,000 |
||||
Total |
$2,014,274 |
$5,000 |
$2,019,274 |
Earnings Per Team
Years | Team | Base | Signing | Incentives | Cash Cumulative |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 | $1,003,440 | $5,000 | - | $1,008,440 | |
1 | $15,912 | - | - | $15,912 | |
1 | $194,922 | - | - | $194,922 |
Injuries
Year | Dates | Reason | |
---|---|---|---|
2022 | SEA | May 05, 2022 - May 20, 2022 | Elbow |
- Aug 11, 2024 Contract purchased by Texas (TEX)
- Aug 06, 2024 Signed a minor league contract with Texas (TEX)
- Jul 05, 2024 Released by New York (NYM)
- Jul 03, 2024 Designated for Assignment by New York (NYM)
- Jun 29, 2024 Contract purchased by New York (NYM)
- May 19, 2024 Signed a minor league contract with New York (NYM)
- May 17, 2024 Released by San Diego (SD)
- Jan 27, 2024 Signed a minor league contract with San Diego (SD)
- Aug 09, 2023 Released by Seattle (SEA)
- Aug 08, 2023 Designated for Assignment by Seattle (SEA)
- Jul 16, 2023 Optioned to the Minors by Seattle (SEA)
- Jul 03, 2023 Recalled from the Minors by Seattle (SEA)
- Jun 09, 2023 Optioned to the Minors by Seattle (SEA)
- May 31, 2023 Recalled from the Minors by Seattle (SEA)
- Apr 09, 2023 Optioned to the Minors by Seattle (SEA)
- Mar 01, 2023 Signed a 1 year $725,200 contract with Seattle (SEA)
- Jul 10, 2022 Promoted from the Minors by Seattle (SEA)
- Jun 18, 2022 Demoted to the Minors by Seattle (SEA)
- Apr 07, 2022 Contract purchased by Seattle (SEA)
- Mar 01, 2022 Signed a 1 year $700,000 contract with Seattle (SEA)
- Mar 05, 2019 Signed a 1 year $555,500 contract with Seattle (SEA)
- Jun 15, 2016 Signed a contract with Seattle (SEA)
- Jun 10, 2016 Drafted by Seattle (SEA): Round 7 (#207 overall)
Year | Team | GP | GS | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | W | L | SV | IP | ERA | WHIP | WAR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | TEX | 19 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23.7 | 5.70 | 1.23 | -0.71 |
2023 | SEA | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1.78 | 0.06 |
2022 | SEA | 53 | 0 | 43 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 64 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54.0 | 4.17 | 1.13 | 0.09 |
2019 | SEA | 20 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22.3 | 5.64 | 1.43 | -0.11 |
2018 | SEA | 8 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 2.16 | 1.80 | 0.24 |