Nick Pivetta – Wikipedia

Nicholas „Nick“ John Carlo Pivetta (born February 14, 1993 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian professional baseball player at the pitcher’s position. He is 1.96 m tall, weighs around 100 kg and throws and bats right-handed. The Washington Nationals selected Pivetta in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB draft. In the 2015 season, he joined the Philadelphia Phillies, for whom he made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2017 and played through 2020. Since then he has played for the Boston Red Sox.

high school and college[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

Pivetta attended Lambrick Park Secondary School in Saanich, British Columbia. Due to an injury to the ulnar collateral ligament in the right elbow^[1][2] he missed his senior year of high school as a pitcher. From 2009 to 2012 he was a member of the Canada junior national team and took part in the 2010 U18 World Cup.^[3]

He attended New Mexico Junior College, where he played for the Thunderbirds on a baseball scholarship, and graduated in 2013.^[4][5][1] In his freshman season, he went 4–1 in 54 innings with a 4.83 ERA.^[1] As a 10th grader in 2013, he had a 9-2 record with a 3.36 ERA, a .235 batting average and completed six full games.^[4] The sports magazine Baseball America named him sixth best junior college prospect in 2013 and Perfect Game USA ranked him as the third-best junior college prospect as his fastball reached 97 miles per hour.^[1][6] He played for the Victoria Eagles in the British Columbia Premier Baseball League and for the Victoria HarbourCats in the West Coast League.^[7]

Washington Nationals[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

The Washington Nationals selected Pivetta in the fourth round of the 2013 MLB draft.^[8] He signed with the Nationals for $364,300 and made his pro debut with the Gulf Coast Nationals in the rookie Gulf Coast League.^[1] He finished the season with the Auburn Doubledays in the Class A-New York-Pennsylvania League. In nine games from eight starts between the two teams, he went 1–1 with a 2.91 ERA.

Pivetta spent 2014 with the Class A Hagerstown Suns, where he was voted a midseason All-Star of the South Atlantic League (SAL) and SAL Pitcher of the Week on June 23, finishing third with 13 wins Place in the SAL and ranked first among all Washington minor leagues.^[1][5][9] He finished the season 7th in the league with 13-8, 4.22 ERA and 1.37 WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched) in 26 games from 25 starts. After the season he was from Baseball America Named the 10th best prospect in the Nationals minor league system.^[5]

In 2015, Pivetta had a 7–4 record for the Class A-Advanced Potomac Nationals with a 2.29 ERA and was a Carolina League All Star.^[5]

Philadelphia Phillies[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

2015–2017[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

On July 28, 2015, the Nationals traded Pivetta to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jonathan Papelbon.^[10]

In 2016, he had an 11–6 record (his 11 wins were third-best in the league) with a 3.41 ERA (6th) and 111 strikeouts (6th) for the Double-A Reading Phillies, with whom Pivetta was a midseason Eastern League All Star.^[5] In five starts for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, he recorded a 1-2 with a 2.55 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 24.2 innings.^[11] The Phillies added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.^[12]

Pivetta played for Team Canada at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.^[5]

In 2017, Pivetta had a 5–0 record for the IronPigs with a 1.41 ERA and was the Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Week for the week ended April 16. Pivetta was promoted to the 25-man roster on April 30 and made his MLB debut that same day against the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[13] He had an 8-10 record with a 6.02 ERA and 140 strikeouts in 133 innings for the Phillies.^[11] Among major league rookies, he ranked first in strikeouts per nine pitched innings (9.47, at least 125 innings; the highest by a Phillies rookie with at least 25 starts) and third in strikeouts ( 140; 9th most strikeouts in a season by a Phillies rookie).^[5]

2018–2020[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

In 2018, Pivetta was 7–14 with a 4.77 ERA, fifth in the National League (NL) with 10.32 strikeouts per 9 innings pitched. He achieved the second-highest rate of any Phillie pitcher in franchise history, behind Curt Schilling’s 11.29 in 1997). He was also eighth in the NL in strikeouts (188) and wild pitches (11), ninth in the NL in games as a starter (32) and strikeouts/walk (3.69). However, he also allowed opposing batsmen the highest batting average in the MLB on balls in play (.326).^{[5][14][15][16]} On June 18 against St. Louis, he had a career-high 13 strikeouts.^[5] His fastball has been clocked at up to 98 miles per hour.^[17]

In 2019, Pivetta was demoted to the AAA at the start of the season. With Lehigh Valley, he went 5–1 with an ERA of 3.07. In 9 games from 6 starts and 41.0 innings, he threw against 58 batters at a 12.7 strikeouts/innings ratio (5th in the International League) and gave up 23 hits, scoring 5.0 hits/9 innings had the best ratio in the league.^[18][19] On July 19, it was announced that he would serve as a “relief,” meaning a baseball pitcher standing in for another pitcher during a game. With the Phillies in 2019, he had a 4-6 record with a save (finished the game winning for the team under certain mandatory conditions) and a 5.38 ERA, going 93.2 innings in 30 games from 13 starts .^[18]

Pivetta made three appearances for Philadelphia during the abridged 2020 season, posting a 15.88 ERA in 5 2⁄3 innings.^[20]

Boston Red Sox[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]

On August 21, 2020, Pivetta was traded along with Connor Seabold to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Brandon Workman, Heath Hembree and cash.^[21] Pivetta was drafted into the active roster for the Boston Red Sox on September 22, starting against the Baltimore Orioles that day.^[22] In his two appearances for the 2020 Red Sox, Pivetta notched two wins and posted a 1.80 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 10 innings.^[15]

Pivetta began the 2021 season as part of Boston’s starting rotation, which is the group of pitchers used by a baseball team at the beginning of a game. He had a 5–0 record in his first seven starts before being placed on the COVID-related injured list for a day on May 12 due to vaccine side effects.^[23][24] On June 24, Pivetta threw a game without a hit for 6 2⁄3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays. He was then taken out of the game after throwing more than 100 pitches. The Red Sox then lost both the possible no-hitter (i.e. a complete game lasting at least nine innings in which one team does not allow the opponent to have a valid base hit) and the game itself.^[25] On September 5, Pivetta was placed on the COVID-related list^[26]; he returned to the team on September 12^[27]. In the regular season, Pivetta made 31 appearances (30 starts) for Boston, posting a 9-8 record – making a save on his only relief appearance – with a 4.53 ERA. He killed 175 bats in 155 innings.^[5] In the postseason, he made three starts (one start) and allowed four runs in 13 2⁄3 innings.^[5]

Pivetta throws a four-seam fastball, a curveball, a slider, and a changeup. He relies primarily on his fastball, which averages 96 miles per hour (154 km/h), and his two breaking balls, curveball and slider. In 2017 and 2018, he threw his fastball 59% of the time, his 80-mph curveball 19% of the time, and his 85-mph slider 15% of the time.^[28]

Nick Pivetta is married to Kristen Pivetta.^[29]

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Where are they now: Nick Pivetta – Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
2. ↑ Opening Day starter Nick Pivetta moves at rapid pace. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
3. ↑ Baseball Canada | Pivetta to make big league debut in Los Angeles. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Victoria HarbourCats – HarbourCats alum Pivetta promoted to major leagues. 25. April 2017, accessed April 10, 2022.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Nick Pivetta Stats, Fantasy & News. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
6. ↑ Victoria HarbourCats – Awards. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
7. ↑ Pivetta in Canadian lineup for World Baseball Classic. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
8. ↑ Washington tabs righty Pivetta at No. 136. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
9. ↑ Bob Parasiliti: Pivetta gets call to ease Suns into new season. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (American English).
10. ↑ Papelbon dealt to Nats, will assume closer’s role. July 28, 2015 accessed April 10, 2022 (English).
11. ↑ ^{a b} Nick Pivetta Minor Leagues Statistics & History. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
12. ↑ Matte Yellow: Phillies add 11 players in 40-man roster overhaul. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
13. ↑ Baseball Canada | Pivetta to make big league debut in Los Angeles. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
14. ↑ Philadelphia Phillies Top 10 Single-Season Pitching Leaders. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
15. ↑ ^{a b} Nick Pivetta Stats. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
16. ↑ Major League Leaderboards »2017» Pitchers »Dashboard | FanGraphs Baseball. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
17. ↑ Support Pitcher List. In: pitcherlist.com. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
18. ↑ ^{a b} Nick Pivetta Minor Leagues Statistics & History. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
19. ↑ 2019 International League Pitching Leaders. Baseball-Reference.com. January 1, 1970. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
20. ↑ Nick Pivetta Stats. In: Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed November 5, 2021.
21. ↑ Phils add relievers Workman, Hembree, Hale. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
22. ↑ Orioles vs. Red Sox – Box Score – September 22, 2020 – ESPN. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
23. ↑ Red Sox’s Nick Pivetta: Lands on COVID IL. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
24. ↑ Red Sox activate Nick Pivetta, who will likely start Friday; Eduard Bazardo sent back to WooSox. 13. May 2021, accessed April 10, 2022 (English).
25. ↑ What Alex Cora said about pulling Nick Pivetta 6.2 innings into a no-hitter. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (American English).
26. ↑ A. B. C. News: Red Sox add RHP Pivetta, INF/OF Santana to COVID-19 IL. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
27. ↑ Red Sox’s Nick Pivetta: Activated to start Sunday. Retrieved April 10, 2022 (English).
28. ↑ BrooksBaseball.net Player Card: Nick Pivetta. In: www.brooksbaseball.net. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
29. ↑ McLord Selasi: Nick Pivetta Wife: Is Nick Pivetta Married? Who Is Nick Pivetta’s Wife Kristen Pivetta? In: abtc.ng. 10. November 2021, accessed April 10, 2022 (English).

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