The San Diego Padres and free agent pitcher Nick Pivetta agreed to a four-year, $55 million deal Wednesday. The deal has not been confirmed by the staff.
Pivetta is the primary big-name signing of a protracted offseason for the Padres (if we’re speaking about guys of their primes). He instantly slots into the beginning rotation, giving San Diego a beginning 4 of Darvish, Stop, King and Pivetta—for now.
Basic Supervisor A.J. Preller acknowledged at Padres FanFest that he wanted to signal a pair bats and a pair arms. Pivetta is a much bigger arm than many San Diego followers anticipated contemplating the monetary constraints that seemed to be hamstringing the Padres.
The Pivetta deal, just like the King deal earlier than it, seems to be one other inventive try by Preller to deal with the staff’s wants.
Nick Pivetta’s take care of the Padres has opt-outs after 12 months 2 and 12 months 3. The deal pays him a $3 million signing bonus and $1 million wage in 2025, $19 million in 2026, $14 million in 2027 and $18 million in 2028.
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Pivetta pitched for the Boston Pink Sox in 2024, showing in 27 video games. He completed with a report of 6-12 with a 4.14 ERA. Pivetta recorded 172 strikeouts in 145.2 innings of labor.
The Washington Nationals drafted Pivetta within the fourth spherical of the 2013 MLB Draft. He was traded from the Nationals in 2015 to the Phillies. He debuted with Philadelphia in 2017. Pivetta was traded once more in 2020 when the Phillies despatched him to the Pink Sox.
Pivetta is now a Padre, a transfer that caught a lot of baseball off guard. It could be the primary domino to fall in what could possibly be a busy begin to Spring Coaching for San Diego.
