After a dominant Spring Training, Nick Pivetta entered 2019 as a dark horse candidate to be a National League All-Star. Some went as far as suggesting that the 26-year-old could find his way into the National League Cy Young Award race in 2019.
But through the first three starts of Pivetta’s 2019 campaign, he’s totaled a 9.45 ERA across 13.1 innings. It’s caused the Phillies to take a hard look at what adjustments Pivetta needs to make to get his season back on any sort of track, let alone Cy Young-caliber.
It’s easy to fall in love with Pivetta’s repertoire – he has a fastball that flashes in the mid-90’s, coupled with one of the best curveballs in baseball.