Nick Pivetta is the top unsigned starting pitcher. He is one of the two remaining free agents Alex Bregmanthey received a qualified offer in early November. ((Pete Alonso His two-year metropolitan agreement has not yet been formally signed.
This ensures that Sox will receive a compensatory draft pick between the end of the B competition balance and the end of the third round, which is probably No. 77. Pivetta initially looks like he will be a beneficiary of the offseason-strong start-up pitching market. ESPN’s Jeff Passan wrote in Qo decision making that Pivetta will receive interest on a transaction of at least three years.
This is not an unreasonable expectation. Nathan Eovaldi,,,,, Yusei Kikuchi,,,,, Sean Manaea and Luis Severino Everyone has a price of 60mm for three years or more. The royal family signed Michael Wacha On the eve of the Free Agent, a three-year, $51mm extension. Manaea and Severino rejected qualified offers, and Wacha would also receive qualified offers if he did not agree to a multi-year contract. Pivetta could have pursued a three-year guarantee similar to Severino from the A, 67mm.
The 31-year-old Pivetta (32 after this week) is a inning eater in the middle of the Boston rotation for the past few seasons. He struggled in the 2023 campaign and briefly relegated to the bullpen, but he performed well in the second half of the year, winning the effort to return to the starting five. Last season, he caught 27 times and worked hard in 145 2/3 innings with a 4.14 ERA. Pivitta missed a while due to a flexor muscle strain. However, that was the first list of non-viral injuries in his career, and he returned without any problems in mid-May.
Pivetta has never released an ERA season below 4.00. Since the beginning of 2023, his prevention prevention has landed at 4.09 in 288 1/3 frames for several consecutive years. Pivetta’s strikeout and walking rates have always been more attractive than ERA’s possible. He has beaten 30% of his opponents with a walking percentage of 7.3% over the past two seasons. Pivetta’s long-standing problem of keeping the ball in the park has somewhat weakened the ability to swing and fail. He allowed above-average home runs in all seven seasons of his Major League Baseball career.
Pivetta offers the value of the Red Sox’s durability and solid prevention marks. His camp probably marketed him as a rising game based on something swinging. From Al East and/or moving to a pitcher-friendly home park, he can be placed as a #3 starter on the move.
It is unclear whether the market has ever envisioned the scope he had rejected Qo. There is no relationship with a lot of publicly reported. Canadian native contacts the Blue Jays before signing Max ShezerToronto general manager Ross Atkins said last week that any other spin acquisition could be a pure increase in depth.
Pivetta is one of many rotation candidates tied with the Mets at the Winter Conference. Since re-signing Manaea, they have introduced Frankie Montas and Clay Sherlock Holmes Insert rotation. It can be said that they still need a finished article, but they should probably aim to be a starter in the trade market to be legal #1. The Reds are the only team that has a close connection with Pivetta this offseason. Since then, Cincinnati seems to have pushed its wages off the ceiling of ownership. Baseball business president Nick Krall downplayed the possibility of any attention being taken a few weeks ago.
At this stage, it is difficult to imagine Pivetta ensuring Severino-type transactions. Many teams are pushing the budget in terms of willingness to go. Early signings tend to be better than those who linger and are likely to participate in spring training. The offseason is no exception. Alonso and Jack Flaherty After asking a higher inquiry at the beginning, everyone turned to short-term trading. QO is also still a barrier. The team still needs to abandon the capital draft and potentially obtain the 2026 international pool currency (depending on their luxury tax status) to increase the Pivetta. This is not the case with other unsigned starters (e.g. Jose Quintana,,,,, Kyle Gibson,,,,, Andrew Heaney).
Which club is likely to add Pivetta very late? Weigh below.
