One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .403 expected average against them, against .240 on his offspeed pitches.
236 of his breaking balls thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Festa's sinker leaves the bat at 92.2 mph, against 85.7 off his changeup.
112 and 256 of them thrown.
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
50% of the contact against Festa with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38.4% with the bases empty.
149 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 733 with the bases empty.
He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .365 average against Festa and left-handers to .319.
438 pitches to right-handed hitters, 444 to left-handed hitters.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
45.8% of the balls put in play against Festa have gone to centre field.
70 of 153 located batted balls allowed.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Festa, 34th percentile.
882 pitches in 2025. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 514th in MLB.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 90.7 mph off the bat against Festa and left-handers 88.7.
78 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 75 from left-handers.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Festa averages 90.5 mph across his arsenal, 65th percentile in the league.
882 pitches in 2025. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 276th in MLB.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
37.9% of the contact against Festa is on the ground and 43.8% of it is in the air.
153 tracked batted balls allowed.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Festa projects a .343 average, 39th percentile.
882 pitches in 2025. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 479th in MLB.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Festa has given up 10 tracked home runs, 5 of them to left field, the longest 441 feet.
10 tracked home runs allowed in 2025.
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The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .403 expected average against them, against .240 on his offspeed pitches.
236 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Festa's sinker leaves the bat at 92.2 mph, against 85.7 off his changeup.
112 and 256 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
Take me there
Runners on base do not change how he is hit
50% of the contact against Festa with a runner in scoring position is hit hard, against 38.4% with the bases empty.
149 pitches with a runner in scoring position, 733 with the bases empty.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He handles both hands about the same
Right-handed hitters project to a .365 average against Festa and left-handers to .319.
438 pitches to right-handed hitters, 444 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
45.8% of the balls put in play against Festa have gone to centre field.
70 of 153 located batted balls allowed.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 90.7 mph off the bat against Festa and left-handers 88.7.
78 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 75 from left-handers.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
37.9% of the contact against Festa is on the ground and 43.8% of it is in the air.
153 tracked batted balls allowed.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Festa has given up 10 tracked home runs, 5 of them to left field, the longest 441 feet.
10 tracked home runs allowed in 2025.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 89.7 mph off the bat against Festa, 34th percentile.
882 pitches in 2025. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 514th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Festa projects a .343 average, 39th percentile.
882 pitches in 2025. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 479th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
Take me there
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Festa averages 90.5 mph across his arsenal, 65th percentile in the league.
882 pitches in 2025. 65th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2025, 276th in MLB.
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