Padres place Nick Pivetta on IL due to elbow inflammation

SAN DIEGO — Parents right-hander Nick Pivetta was positioned on the 15-day injured listing on Tuesday with inflammation in his pitching elbow.

The transfer got here two days after Pivetta was pressured from Sunday’s 7-2 win over Colorado within the fourth inning by stiffness in his pitching 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,” supervisor Craig Stammen stated earlier than the Padres opened a three-game sequence towards the Seattle Mariners.

Pivetta retired his first 9 batters on Sunday and threw a 92.2 mph four-seam fastball — 1.9 mph under his season common — on his forty sixth pitch. Edouard Julien he took the pitch for a referred to as strike that evened the rely at 2-2.

Just earlier than that providing, pitching coach Ruben Niebla picked up the dugout telephone to name the bullpen. After the pitch, Stammen and head athletic coach Mark Rogow went to the mound, and following a quick dialog Pivetta walked to the dugout.

Stammen stated Pivetta, who struck out 4, did not really feel 100% and was coping with elbow stiffness all through the sport.

The 33-year-old Pivetta is 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA. He has agreed to a $55 million deal in February 2025 that permits him to decide out after the 2026 and 2027 seasons. San Diego has an possibility to minimize the deal brief after two seasons if Pivetta has a specified damage or surgical procedure associated to the damage and is on the injured listing for greater than 130 consecutive days in any season or in a one-year interval.

Pivetta was on the injured listing from April 6 to May 8, 2024, with a proper elbow flexor pressure.

The Padres recalled right-hander Alek Jacob from Triple-A El Paso to take Pivetta’s roster spot.

The Padres are anticipated to activate right-hander Matt Waldron from the injured listing to begin Friday when Pivetta’s spot comes up subsequent.