New ‘dog’ Nick Pivetta, who contributes to the fight of Padres-San Diego Union-Tribune

Peoria – Michael King finally opted for “dog”, but first another word appeared in his head when he discussed Nick Pivetta, which folded into the rotation of the Padres. Even after the cameras had gone away, King was only ready to go so far with a elaboration.

“I just heard that some people don’t like to compete against him,” said the smiling right -hander on Monday morning when Pivetta arrived at Peoria Sports Complex. “What makes me happy that he is in my team.”

Officially too.

The Padres announced Pivetta’s four-year contract shortly before the start of the first full quad training on Monday. The news of his addition was leaked last week, just as a pitcher and catcher in your house for the next one and a half months, but Monday was the first time that the 32-year-old right-handed right-handed was on the unique structure of his payment day of 55 million dollars.

The average annual value corresponds to a hit of the luxury tax of $ 13.75 million, which is expected to exceed the Padres by around 18 million US dollars. But this year there are only 4 million dollars in the books, including a signature bonus of 3 million US dollars. Pivetta will earn 19 million US dollars, 14 million US dollars in 2027 and $ 18 million in 2028 in 2028 in 2026, although he can unsubscribe after 2026 or 2027.

“I think it’s a two-way street,” said Pivetta on Monday morning. “There are really good things for me and really good things for the team.”

The good for the team is a backlast structure that holds this year’s salary statement near $ 200 million.

As far as Pivetta is concerned, he exchanged a shot this year for a certain certainty this year after being acted with the Phillies as a minor Leaguer and was later acted to Red Sox while trying to try as a starting jug.

For this purpose, Boston thought enough about his curriculum vitae -a 4.29 ERA over 633 Innerings in five seasons -to extend a qualified offer of 21.05 million dollars in November.

Former Father Nick Martinez, a similar ILK, took the chance to have included this significant salary for 2025 when the red expanded a qualified offer to start the low season.

Pivetta decided to buy this winter to take a place where he was able to take root at least a few years.

“I think it’s just a conversation that I managed with my agent with which the market went,” said Pivetta. “I wanted to see if I could get a long -term deal for myself and my wife a little more consolation. Just to know that we will be a bit somewhere. I think I was there in my life in my life and quite excited to just be here and have this opportunity. “

Monday was an easier day at the camp for Pivetta when he met his new teammates, but he had been waiting for Jupiter Fla while he was waiting to write down. In the coming days, he and Pitching trainer Ruba will be expected to deal with the plan for 2025, but Niebla is enthusiastic about the ingredients in which pivettas strikes from the low 20 -perzentils up to 31.2. % in 2023.

Pivetta has never ended one season with an era of less than 4.04 (2023) and last year (20) strangely gave up more Homeruns on the street than in an inviting Fenway Park (8), but Niebla has ideas about a pitcher With a much more essential track record as a starting jug than Seth Lugo or King when he worked with them before her breakout playing times in San Diego.

“It is things, thinking – beat one, beat two,” said Niebla. “With him he is very aggressive and will try to pursue a racket. … this is the culture and identification of our boys. When you think about Joe Musgrove to Michael King and who he became … and you start filling part of the bullpen with Jason Adam … and (Robert) Suarez and (Jeremiah) Estrada, they are people who none Are afraid of the competition.

“These boys are not afraid to be in great moment, and we have that in this guy.”

The Padres ultimately came on the largest stage last year and succumb to the Dodgers in the NL Division series in five games. Her rivals added Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki, Tanner Scott and Michael Conforto to defend their title.

This never changed the team’s way of thinking in spring training.

“It has to be similar last year,” said King. “I still think we were one of two teams who could have won the World Series last year, and this Dodgers series was a difficult to swallow, but we still have a number of our core group of boys.”

And now you have a new … dog … in this fight.

“Win 100% the most important thing,” said Pivetta. “This is all that is really important to me. It’s all I want to do. And you know how this team ends last year and what you did last year, it is really important that I can come here and try to contribute and continue to follow this team and the direction you are. “

Originally published: February 17, 2025 at 12:36 p.m. PST