We’re only a few days removed from Nick Pivetta really sounding like he didn’t want to go to the bullpen:
It doesn’t sound like Nick Pivetta will accept being moved to the bullpen..
pic.twitter.com/YwaixmertU— Boston Strong (@BostonStrong_34) May 10, 2023But his performance just hasn’t matched his bravado, and with the Red Sox 6-man rotation time coming to an end, Alex Cora made it official last night: Pivetta will be in the pen as a multi-inning reliever for the foreseeable future. Given the injury propensity of this rotation, that “foreseeable future” could be like two days, but whatever.