There was plenty of hope coming into the year that Nick Pivetta could take the next step forward and shore up the Phillies rotation behind Aaron Nola. To put it mildly, that didn’t happen.
In 13 starts, Pivetta had a 5.74 ERA, 7.57 strikeouts per nine innings, 25 walks per nine, and allowed 16 home runs. While you could make the case the last two years that his fielding-independent pitching, indicated he was bound for future success, that wasn’t the case this year. His 5.72 fielding-independent pitching was almost the same as his ERA.