2023 Stats
W-L
3-3
ERA
5.54
WHIP
1.37
K
55
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2023 Fantasy Outlook
Pivetta struggled early and late in 2022 with a 6.52 ERA between his first five and final eight outings of the season, but he pitched much better during the heart of the campaign with a 3.62 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 118:38 K:BB across his other 20 starts. Now entering his age-30 season, Pivetta lost a tick off his fastball and saw his strikeout rate drop nearly four percentage points to 22.6 percent compared to 2021, and he had a career-worst 45.4 percent hard-hit rate. He has a 4.54 ERA across 63 starts for Boston across the past two seasons and has a secure rotation spot heading into 2023, but his inconsistency makes him a difficult option to trust for fantasy managers. Pivetta's best value is likely to come as a streaming option. Read Past Outlooks

Shines in relief role
Pivetta allowed two hits and struck out three over three scoreless relief innings in Sunday's 4-2 loss to Arizona.
ANALYSIS
The Diamondbacks tattooed starter Tanner Houck and were in position to run away, but Pivetta gave the Red Sox a chance to come back with his best relief appearance since moving to the bullpen. In three outings as a reliever, Pivetta has a 3.24 ERA with nine strikeouts and zero walks over 8.1 innings.
The Diamondbacks tattooed starter Tanner Houck and were in position to run away, but Pivetta gave the Red Sox a chance to come back with his best relief appearance since moving to the bullpen. In three outings as a reliever, Pivetta has a 3.24 ERA with nine strikeouts and zero walks over 8.1 innings.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
71
Last 10 Games
66
Last 5 Games
36
How many pitches does Nick Pivetta generally throw?
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What part of the game does Nick Pivetta generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-3%
BAA vs LHP
2023
-15%
BAA vs LHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2021vs Left | .241 | 164 | 78 | 140 | 27 | |||
Since 2021vs Right | .248 | 241 | 79 | 222 | 34 | |||
2023vs Left | .230 | 29 | 9 | 20 | 6 | |||
2023vs Right | .270 | 26 | 10 | 30 | 4 | |||
2022vs Left | .252 | 66 | 38 | 67 | 12 | |||
2022vs Right | .254 | 109 | 35 | 108 | 15 | |||
2021vs Left | .233 | 69 | 31 | 53 | 9 | |||
2021vs Right | .235 | 106 | 34 | 84 | 15 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2021
-20%
ERA on Road
2023
-14%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2021Home | 5.19 | 1.46 | 190.2 | 9.4 | 3.9 | ||||
Since 2021Away | 4.17 | 1.23 | 194.1 | 9.5 | 3.5 | ||||
2023Home | 5.93 | 1.39 | 27.1 | 10.2 | 4.3 | ||||
2023Away | 5.09 | 1.35 | 23.0 | 9.4 | 2.3 | ||||
2022Home | 4.80 | 1.50 | 90.0 | 8.7 | 3.8 | ||||
2022Away | 4.32 | 1.26 | 89.2 | 8.8 | 3.5 | ||||
2021Home | 5.40 | 1.45 | 73.1 | 10.1 | 3.8 | ||||
2021Away | 3.75 | 1.18 | 81.2 | 10.2 | 3.7 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Nick Pivetta compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.89K/9
9.8BB/9
3.4HR/9
1.8Fastball
94.0 mphERA
5.54WHIP
1.37BABIP
.315GB/FB
0.87Left On Base
65.5%Exit Velocity
82.9 mphBarrels/BBE
7.3%Spin Rate
2395 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
25.2%Swinging Strike
10.6%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Pivetta was one of the league's biggest first half surprises as he was sitting with a 3.78 ERA and 1.29 WHIP in early June. His 11.4% BB% was high, but a dominant 27.3% K% minimized damage. This is when umpires were instructed to check for grip enhancers. From this point on, Pivetta recorded a 5.06 ERA and 1.31 WHIP, but his BB% significantly fell to 8.7% while his K% dipped only slightly 25.9%. Pivetta's curve and slider spin rates fell for the first five outings after the umpires did their search, but recovered for the remainder of the season. This points to variance, and not a tackier explanation. Considering Pivetta was all but written off, last season was encouraging, but walks and homers remain an issue. He's a rotation lock and the strikeouts and win potential are nice, but they come with ratio risk, and the AL East isn't an easy division to take advantage of favorable matchups.
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Makes first relief appearance
Pivetta allowed one run on two hits while striking out three over 2.1 relief innings in Sunday's 7-0 loss to San Diego.
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Moving to bullpen
Red Sox manager Alex Cora said after Wednesday's 12-3 win over the Mariners that Pivetta has been moved to the bullpen, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports.
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Stumbles into win Tuesday
Pivetta (3-3) picked up the win in Tuesday's 9-4 victory over the Mariners, giving up four runs on six hits and four walks over 5.1 innings. He struck out six.
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Burned by Atlanta
Pivetta (2-3) took the loss Tuesday, coughing up seven runs on eight hits and three walks over four innings as the Red Sox were downed 9-3 by Atlanta. He struck out two.
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Evens record with victory
Pivetta (2-2) earned the win over Toronto on Wednesday, allowing three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out six batters over six innings.
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