Pitcher · 2025
David Festa
- Age
- 25
- B/T
- R/R
- Height
- 6' 6"
- Weight
- 185 lb
- Number
- #58
- Born
- March 8, 2000 in Verona, NJ, USA
- MLB debut
- June 27, 2024
- Drafted
- 2021, round 13
- College
- Seton Hall
- dbWAR
- 1.0 2 season(s)
- IP
- 53.1
- ERA
- 5.40
- FIP
- 4.88
- K/9
- 8.9
- FIP−
- 117 100 = avg
David Festa is a starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. In 2025 he struck out 53 batters over 53.1 innings across 11 appearances, 10 of them starts, going 3-4. His ERA of 5.40 was 29.9% higher than the league average of 4.16 — 16th of 21 on his team, and 445th of 542 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 4.88 FIP suggests he pitched better than his ERA shows. He missed bats on 27.4% of swings (14.1% of every pitch he threw), walked 8.3% of the batters he faced and struck out 23.1%. His 0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.
League context
Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2025.
Platoon splits
How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.
| Split | PA | AB | H | HR | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | wOBA | K% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs LHB | 114 | 101 | 22 | 3 | 10 | 27 | .218 | .301 | .356 | .296 | 23.7% |
| vs RHB | 115 | 103 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 26 | .262 | .330 | .485 | .352 | 22.6% |
Pitch sequencing
What David Festa throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.
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Pitch arsenal
What he throws, how hard, and how often it misses in 2025.
| Four-Seam Fastball | 278 | 94.1 | 2,417 | 48.6% | 14.2% | |
| Changeup | 256 | 87.8 | 1,758 | 43.0% | 44.0% | |
| Slider | 236 | 87.6 | 2,594 | 48.7% | 32.2% | |
| Sinker | 112 | 93.9 | 2,296 | 48.2% | 12.7% |
Pitching
Standard and advanced, by season.
| Trend | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 10 | 53.1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 32 | 53 | 19 | 5.40 | 4.88 | 1.27 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 130 | 117 | 0.1 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 13 | 64.1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 62 | 35 | 77 | 23 | 4.90 | 3.76 | 1.32 | 10.8 | 3.2 | 120 | 92 | 0.9 |
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Nearest 2025 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.
wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.