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Victoria-born pitcher Pivetta out 'weeks, maybe months' for Padres
with elbow injury

   The Associated Press | Posted: April 13, 2026 4:20 PM | Last
   Updated: April 16

   ESPN reports 33-year-old dealing with right flexor strain as he
   did in 2024

   Image | Padres starting pitcher Nick Pivetta

   Caption: Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta, from Victoria, retired
   his first nine batters on Sunday and threw a 92.2-mile-per-hour
   four-seam fastball, 1.9 below his season average, on his 46th
   pitch. (Gregory Bull/Associated Press)
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   San Diego Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta was placed on the
   15-day injured list on Tuesday with inflammation in his
   pitching elbow.
   ESPN reported the Victoria-born athlete would be sidelined
   "weeks and maybe months" after an MRI revealed a flexor strain,
   according to Padres manager Craig Stammen.
   The move came two days after Pivetta was forced from Sunday’s
   7-2 win over Colorado in the fourth inning by stiffness in the
   elbow.
   "We're trying to be cautious with Nick and I think the smartest
   move was to not push him and give him some time on the IL and
   then figure it out from there,” Stammen told reporters
   Wednesday as the opened a three-game series against the Seattle
   Mariners.
   Pivetta retired his first nine batters and threw a
   92.2-mile-per-hour four-seam fastball, 1.9 below his season
   average, on his 46th pitch. Edouard Julien took the pitch for a
   called strike that evened the count at 2-2.
   Before that offering, pitching coach Ruben Niebla picked up the
   dugout phone to call the bullpen. After the pitch, Stammen and
   head athletic trainer Mark Rogow went to the mound and
   following a brief conversion Pivetta walked to the dugout.
   "I just tried to go out there and do the best I could and get
   as deep in the baseball game as I possibly could," Pivetta
   said. "Obviously, I didn't feel good.
   "It's really frustrating," Pivetta told reporters Wednesday,
   per MLB.com. "I was feeling really well, felt like I was
   pitching better. I love contributing to the team, take great
   pride in playing baseball for the fans, playing for my
   teammates."
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   Added Stammen, per MLB.com: "He's definitely going to … let it
   rest, let it heal and then get back on a throwing program and a
   strengthening program," Stammen said, per MLB.com. "It's
   probably going to be more weeks and maybe months than it is
   just specific days.
   "But we feel pretty confident he's going to get back this
   year."
   Kyle Hart relieved and, after a delay of about 4 ½ minutes,
   Julien grounded out on his first pitch.
   Pivetta, 33, is 1-2 with a 5.54 earned-run average. Stammen
   said Pivetta, who struck out four. didn't feel 100 per cent and
   was dealing with elbow stiffness throughout the game.
   "I think it's similar to what he was going through in spring
   training," Stammen said. "I think we caught it early enough
   this time. You know hopefully things will be all right, but
   anytime it's someone's elbow, especially a pitcher, it's reason
   for caution."
   Pivetta agreed to a four-year contract worth $55 million US in
   February 2025 that allows him to opt out after the 2026 and
   2027 seasons. San Diego has an option to cut the deal short
   after two seasons if Pivetta has a specified injury or surgery
   related to the injury and is on the injured list for more than
   130 consecutive days in any season or in a one-year period.
   Pivetta was on the injured list from April 6 to May 8, 2024
   with a right elbow flexor strain.

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