Sizing up the Padres’ 40-man roster heading into the 2025 season: Nick Pivetta struggled to keep the ball in the yard last year, but he turned down a qualifying offer and landed in San Diego’s

Nick Pivetta brings five pitches and a passion into his initial season with the Padres. It was all there in his Cactus League debut on Tuesday. Pivetta, the newest addition to the Padres’ rotation, st

“Pivetta, the newest addition to the Padres’ rotation, struck out four of the nine batters he faced in 2 2/3 hitless innings of the Padres’ 1-1 tie with the San Francisco Giants at Peoria Stadium,” Magruder wrote.

In addition to possessing a variety of pitches and a history of taking the ball pretty much every day he is asked to, Nick Pivetta has a reputation for having an edge. And there was a hint of it Tuesday in the right-hander’s first appearance for the Padres in a game that didn’t matter.

Nick Pivetta debuts with flair; rotation equation maybe coming into focus; Tirso Ornelas hits again (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Spring training update: Tirso Ornelas, Brandon Lockridge keep hitting;