Former Seattle Mariners reliever Matt Festa, who was vital to the team during their 2022 playoff run, has signed a minor league deal with the San Diego Padres.
The Padres announced their list of non-roster Spring Training invitees this evening. Among the acquisitions not previously covered at MLBTR: reliever Matt Festa and utility player Tyler Wade.
Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo went on the 15-day injured list with right forearm inflammation, and reliever Matt Festa was designated for assignment.
The Seattle Mariners are off to a lukewarm start in 2023. They are in fourth place in the AL West and can’t afford to let the leaders get too far away.
Matt Festa also optioned to Tacoma, Justin Topa and JB Bukauskas added to 26-man Just when things seemed to be getting back on track, the Mariners best reliever has hit the Injured List.
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It’s been an unorthodox journey for the 29-year-old, but probably not one he’d trade for anything Jerry Dipoto’s first draft, in 2016, is usually remembered by Mariners fans as the Kyle Lewis draft.
The Mariners also placed reliever Erik Swanson on the paternity list and designated catcher Andrew Knapp for assignment on Saturday.
Milone, 35, is a veteran who appeared in each season from 2011-21. As soon as he gets into a game here in 2022, it’ll mark his 12th straight MLB season.
Do indeed call it a comeback. It could have easily been over for Matt Festa. Despite cracking the big league roster in 2018 and again in 2019, the 2016 seventh round pick of the Seattle Mariners was at a crossroads by both dint of both his skill and his health in early 2020.
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