You can’t get much worse than Nick Pivetta‘s rookie season. Among all pitchers with 130 or more innings last year, he had the fifth-highest ERA. He walked almost 10% of opposing hitters and had a 1.51 WHIP. He logged the second-most innings of anyone on the Phillies as they saw a lot of potential when he was pitching well.
With the 2018 season almost over, it is safe to say Pivetta vastly improved this year. He has made 30 starts and one bullpen appearance, posting a 4.67 ERA, 3.76 fielding-independent pitching, 10.56 strikeouts per nine innings and 2.