Nick Pivetta struck out 14 Buffalo Bison in his second start for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs Sunday afternoon. That wasn’t lost on some of the decisions makers at the major league level.
But the discussion around Citizens Bank Park early this week didn’t center around the idea of recalling Pivetta to join the starting rotation. Instead, Phillies brass apparently is at least open to the idea of recalling the 26-year-old right-hander as a reliever.
“We talked a lot about that yesterday,” Phillies manager Gabe Kapler told the collective media, which included Jim Salisbury of NBC Sports Philadelphia, ahead of Tuesday’s tilt with the Detroit Tigers.