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Padres' Nick Pivetta has important August deadline with $55M at stake | Sporting News Nick Pivetta has to return by a certain date for a $55 million reason.

APRIL 27 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

Right-hander Lucas Giolito agrees to deal with Padres for just under $2.8 million

Right-hander Lucas Giolito and the San Diego Padres have agreed to a one-year contract guaranteeing just under $2.8 million, bolstering the surging club’s injury-plagued rotation w...

APRIL 22 • Associated Press

Padres sign Giolito to 1-year deal with option for '27 The Padres on Wednesday signed veteran right-hander Lucas Giolito to a one-year contract that includes a mutual option for 2027. The move ad...

APRIL 22 • MLB.COM

How Vásquez has built on strong 2025 for injury-riddled Padres rotation The Padres’ rotation has badly needed someone to step up, with Nick Pivetta, Joe Musgrove and Griffin Canning all already on the injured lis...

APRIL 21 • MLB.COM

Padres beat Mariners 5-2 behind Tatis, Buehler for 8th straight win, 11th in 12 games

Fernando Tatis Jr.’s two-run single capped a four-run rally in the second inning, Walker Buehler earned his first win with San Diego and the Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 5-2 fo...

APRIL 17 • Associated Press

Padres' positive Nick Pivetta injury update still overflowing with ominous words Padres got what passes for a positive update on Nick Pivetta this week, but let’s not pretend the wording didn’t come with a warning label....

APRIL 16 • FRIARSONBASE.COM

Jackson Merrill's walk-off double caps 5-run 9th, Padres beat Mariners 7-6

Jackson Merrill hit a walk-off, two-run double to cap San Diego’s five-run ninth inning and the Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6 for their seventh win in a row

APRIL 16 • Associated Press

Pivetta (flexor strain) goes on IL, will miss 'weeks and maybe months' SAN DIEGO -- Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta will be out for “weeks and maybe months,” manager Craig Stammen said Wednesday, after an MRI r...

APRIL 16 • MLB.COM

Padres need to act fast before this obvious pitching solution disappears Let's not attempt to reinvent the wheel here. With Nick Pivetta devastatingly hitting the injured list with elbow issues, there is suddenly...

APRIL 15 • FRIARSONBASE.COM

Diagnosed with flexor strain Padres manager Craig Stammen told reporters Wednesday that Pivetta was diagnosed with a right flexor strain, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Impact Per Annie Beilbrunn of the San Diego Sports Association, Stammen believes that Pivetta is looking at "weeks, maybe months" for rehab and rest. That kind of timeline indicates that Pivetta will be out of action until the summer, potentially up to the All-Star break in mid-July. Matt Waldron (lower body) is slated to take Pivetta's spot in the rotation later this week once the former is activated from the 15-day IL.

APRIL 15 • ROTOWIRE

Timeline for return uncertain Padres manager Craig Stammen said Tuesday that Pivetta underwent an MRI on his elbow, but the Padres are still awaiting the results before a timeline for the right-hander's return...

Impact Pivetta exited his most recent start Sunday against the Rockies due to an injury the Padres initially labeled as right elbow stiffness. Upon placing Pivetta on the 15-day injured list Tuesday, the team classified his injury as inflammation, but the severity of the issue won't known until the MRI results are in. Matt Waldron (lower body) is expected to be reinstated from the 15-day injured list later this week to take over Pivetta's spot in the rotation.

APRIL 15 • ROTOWIRE

Padres place right-hander Nick Pivetta on injured list with elbow inflammation

San Diego Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta was placed on the 15-day injured list with inflammation in his pitching elbow

APRIL 15 • Associated Press

Padres' Nick Pivetta injury blow leaves rotation concerns impossible to ignore The Padres didn’t need this at all. Just a couple weeks into the season, a rotation that already felt like it was being held together with c...

APRIL 15 • FRIARSONBASE.COM

Pivetta lands on IL with elbow inflammation; Waldron to make his next start The Padres placed right-hander Nick Pivetta on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation and called up righty Alek Jacob from Tr...

APRIL 14 • MLB.COM

Down with elbow inflammation The Padres placed Pivetta on the 15-day injured list Tuesday, retroactive to April 13, due to right elbow inflammation.

Impact In a corresponding move Tuesday, the Padres recalled Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso. Pivetta suffered the injury in his start Sunday when he had to exit in the fourth inning due to right elbow stiffness. After additional testing, the right-hander will miss some extended time and is eligible to return at the end of April.

APRIL 14 • ROTOWIRE

Brutal Nick Pivetta injury just opened door for an ideal replacement (with similar contract) Nick Pivetta getting pulled with right elbow stiffness is the kind of update that instantly shifts the Padres conversation from maybe needin...

APRIL 13 • FRIARSONBASE.COM

Padres Nick Pivetta more focused on win rather than his elbow | Sporting News San Diego Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta didn't want to get into questions regarding his elbow after Sunday's 7-2 win over the Colorado Ro...

APRIL 13 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

Deadspin | Padres starter Nick Pivetta leaves game with apparent arm injury Deadspin | Padres starter Nick Pivetta leaves game with apparent arm injury

APRIL 13 • DEADSPIN.COM

Deadspin | Padres starter Nick Pivetta leaves game with elbow stiffness Deadspin | Padres starter Nick Pivetta leaves game with elbow stiffness

APRIL 13 • DEADSPIN.COM

Padres' Nick Pivetta leaves in 4th inning because of elbow stiffness

San Diego Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta has been forced from a 7-2 win over Colorado in the fourth inning by stiffness in his pitching elbow

APRIL 13 • Associated Press

Padres top Rockies 7-2 for 4-game sweep but Nick Pivetta exits with stiff elbow

Ty France went 3 for 3 with a home run and scored three times as the surging San Diego Padres finished a four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies with a 7-2 victory

APRIL 12 • Associated Press

Padres' 33-year-old leaves start with concerning injury | Sporting News San Diego Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta left his start on Sunday early with "right elbow stiffness," which could land him on the injured...

APRIL 12 • SPORTINGNEWS.COM

Dealing with right elbow issue Pivetta exited Sunday's start versus Colorado in the fourth inning with right elbow stiffness.

Impact Pivetta was cruising through three innings before he was suddenly unable to continue. The 33-year-old's injury was initially unspecified, but it is now understood to be an issue with his pitching elbow. It certainly doesn't sound like a positive outcome for Pivetta, who has now strung together 13 innings of two-run ball while striking out 20 batters in his last three outings. The Padres will likely have the right-hander undergo additional testing in the near future to determine the severity of his elbow issue.

APRIL 12 • ROTOWIRE

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