What initially seemed like a long shot officially turned into a formality this afternoon when Chris Cotillo broke the news that Nick Pivetta declined his qualifying offer from the Red Sox.
Nick Pivetta declines qualifying offer, per source.
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) November 19, 2024
With this rejection of the one-year, $21 million offer, Pivetta is now a free agent. In return, the Red Sox will get a compensatory selection at the end of the second round of the 2025 MLB draft. (The last time they got a compensatory draft selection at the end of the second round was in 2022 after this same process played out with Eduardo Rodriguez, and they turned it into Roman Anthony.