Because of course the San Diego Padres’ latest Winter Meetings plot twist involves their best starter.
Dennis Lin of The Athletic says the Padres are at least picking up the phone on Nick Pivetta. After posting a 2.87 ERA over a career-high 181 2/3 innings and finishing sixth in the NL Cy Young race.
On the surface, it doesn’t make any sense. The Padres just watched Dylan Cease walk to Toronto and still have multiple rotation spots to patch. In a world that operates on normal baseball logic, Pivetta is the last guy you talk about moving.