Pivetta apparently injured in rehab outing, Padres ownership change coming this month?
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What happened during Nick Pivetta's rehab outing and why did he exit early?
Alright, we've got some bad news. The Padres are in Arizona and they play tonight, but Nick Pavetta and Joe Musgrove pitched in Lake Elsinore today. One of them was successful, the other was not, and we don't have a full update on Nick Pavetta, but that's where we're going to start because he exited after an apparent injury. I'm going to show you this video. This is from the minor league broadcast today. And you're going to see for the YouTube audience, you're going to see him immediately walk off the mound as if he thought it was strike three. Didn't really know, like, is he hurt? Then he hesitates a little bit, stops, and then continues to the dugout. Looks like maybe a trainer was right there patting him on the back.
And then he walks straight into the tunnel. So I was a little confused. Maybe you will be if you haven't seen the video. Walked straightly to the dugout. I thought when he walked into the dugout and straight to the clubhouse, that was like, all right, that's an injury. That's not him being mad that he didn't get strike three. And this was his first inning of work because Musgrove threw the first three innings. And Pavetta was on, I think, pitch number 12. No, 14th pitch. Sorry. At least Jeff Sanders says he was on his 14th pitch.
What does the Lake Elsinore broadcast video show about Pivetta's injury moment?
So here's this video.
Here comes the 2-2. Oh! That just misses. Pavetta is walking off the field. I think he thought that was strike three. I think, what, does he pitch count? Or maybe he hurt himself. Oh, no. Nick Pavetta. who is here on a rehab assignment. Now, if he's, if he walked off injured, then the pitcher's allowed to.
So that's that walked right off the mound. I'll play it again, but walked straight off the mound. I thought maybe right there. Okay. That's strike. He thinks it's strike three. Then the catcher batter looking at him like, what are you doing, dude? And then Pavetta stops. And then this is where he kind of starts huffing and puffing and he's mad. He's pissed off. The trainer looks like he's right there. Then maybe that was the manager. I don't know. And then Pavetta just immediately starts walking into the dugout. And that's that. So don't have an update on what happened there or is he going to be okay? What's going on there? Don't know. Um, but yeah, not, not a very encouraging update there on what happened today.
Short rehab outing. That's definitely an injury. There's no way he just left because it wasn't a call that he wanted there. And so TBD on what the injury is and how long he's going to be out. But, uh, Looks like the Padres could have the option of voiding those last two years on the deal. Because after that, there's no way he's coming back on August 22nd or whenever that date needs to be for the Padres not to be able to have the option to void those last two years. And it's not even about that. It just sucks. This sucks. seeing Pavetta walk off like that. Because you have the excitement of getting Mize and getting Robbie Ray and Musgrove. It was positive today. He went, what, three innings there. So there was a lot of positives from this starting pitching that we're seeing.
I know the Padres lost last night. I know King gave up the homer. But there was positives. And we'll see Randy tonight.
How many pitches did Pivetta throw and what made this outing concerning?
We'll see what happens. But Pavetta was the Padres' ace last year. Sub-3 ERA, over 180 innings, sixth in the Cy Young. I know this year the numbers don't look great, but it was only 16 innings. Like, who are we kidding? You're not going to judge 16 innings. At least I'm not. I'm not going to go super hard judging 16 innings. And so it's just a bummer because you want to see him pitch. You want to see what can he give when he's healthy. because we know that dog that he is on the mound, the competitor that he is, him, Musgrove, Robbie Ray with the grunting. Those guys, I feel like that would fit amazing, that trio in that rotation. Obviously, Michael King is a big competitor too, so I really wanted to see that, and it doesn't look like we're going to get that anytime soon.
With Musgrove, it seems like things are fine there in terms of his buildup.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What happened during Nick Pivetta's rehab outing and why did he exit early?
0:00–1:23
2
What does the Lake Elsinore broadcast video show about Pivetta's injury moment?
1:23–3:54
3
How many pitches did Pivetta throw and what made this outing concerning?
3:54–9:59
4
What is the immediate outlook for Pivetta and how could this affect his contract option?
9:59–15:26