MLB Insiders Jon Morosi and Jon Heyman: Blue Jays in on Canadian starter Nick Pivetta.
MLB Insiders Jon Marosi and Jon Heyman say that the Toronto Blue Jays in on Canadian free agent right-handed pitcher Nick Pivetta.
The Blue Jays have been tied to pretty much every player who is available and one who is a potential fit is former Boston Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta, according to MLB Network's Jon Morosi and Jon Heyman.
There was some surprise that the Red Sox risked the $21.05MM QO, but that proved a prescient decision in what has been a bullish market for starting pitching.
Pivetta 31, (32 in February) has been an innings eater in the middle of the Boston rotation for the past few seasons.
Pivetta struggled early in the 2023 campaign and was briefly demoted to the bullpen, but he excelled late in the year to earn his way back to the starting five.
He took the ball 27 times this past season, working to a 4.14 ERA across 145 2/3 innings.
Pivetta is projected to land a four-year, $60 million deal. That is a significant raise over the $7.5 million he made in 2024. Plus a team that signs him will have to give up a draft pick because the qualifying offer was attached to him.
Toronto desperately needs to add some pitching this offseason if it wants to rebound from a last-place finish in the division last year.
Plus, the Blue Jays have some stars whose future with the team is in question. If the Blue Jays can shine in 2025, maybe they can convince Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to stick around.
Opening the checkbook hasn't been the issue for the Blue Jays, getting players to take their money has.
Being a Canadian, maybe just maybe, Nick Pivetta will see past all that, and join a team that definitely needs pitching.
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