Nick Pivetta
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 5" 210LBS | Age: 31
Draft: 2013 | Rd: 4, #136, Washington Nationals | New Mexico Junior College
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 10 12 4.56 33 33 0 179.2 175 1.38
2023 10 9 4.04 38 16 1 142.2 183 1.12
2024 6 12 4.14 27 26 0 145.2 172 1.13
8 Seasons 56 71 4.76 223 178 3 1,029.1 1,139 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 33 10-12 4.56 179.2 175 1.38
2023 38 10-9 4.04 142.2 183 1.12
2024 27 6-12 4.14 145.2 172 1.13
8 Seasons 223 56-71 4.76 1,029.1 1,139 1.32
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2017 24 2439 383 28 7.3 4.8 88.3 114.4 13.1 36.6 .255 .437 .358 .335 .402 37.2 24.0 9.8 6.02 4.89
2018 25 2846 449 35 7.8 5.0 88.9 112.1 10.7 34.1 .221 .374 .322 .292 .366 34.9 27.1 7.3 4.77 3.58
2019 26 1619 289 29 10.0 6.9 89.7 113.2 11.2 36.0 .266 .468 .359 .347 .407 34.9 21.1 9.3 5.38 5.44
2020 27 290 47 5 10.6 7.0 91.3 110.2 20.4 42.6 .262 .511 .384 .362 .443 42.6 23.9 8.5 6.89 5.77
2021 28 2745 416 34 8.2 5.1 89.7 116.7 16.7 33.4 .219 .385 .316 .301 .363 40.4 26.5 9.8 4.53 3.81
2022 29 3082 520 47 9.0 6.1 90.7 117.5 15.2 36.3 .248 .433 .330 .332 .390 45.6 22.6 9.4 4.56 4.65
2023 30 2383 347 41 11.8 7.0 90.5 111.4 13.4 40.1 .223 .414 .296 .308 .409 43.8 31.2 8.5 4.04 3.98
2024 31 2387 386 39 10.1 6.6 89.4 114.9 19.4 38.9 .221 .407 .306 .291 .385 38.9 28.9 6.1 4.14 3.51
Player 17791 2837 258 9.1 5.9 89.7 117.5 14.5 36.4 .235 .415 .326 .315 .388 39.7 26.0 8.6
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Pivetta relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(48.6%) ,
Sweeper
(25.7%) ,
Curveball
(16.3%) ,
Cutter
(5.9%) ,
Slider
(3.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2017 45.2 23.2 25.6 6.0 30.5 42.0 27.4 3.9 32.4 21.4 26.6 6.5 7.3 4.8
2018 49.7 20.3 22.9 7.1 31.8 37.6 29.2 4.9 34.7 22.5 24.1 4.5 7.8 5.0
2019 44.6 23.2 27.0 5.2 34.6 37.0 28.4 1.7 36.7 23.2 22.1 4.5 10.0 6.9
2020 27.7 38.3 25.5 8.5 25.5 42.6 31.9 0.0 23.4 34.0 23.4 8.5 10.6 7.0
2021 38.9 31.0 21.4 8.7 40.4 32.0 27.6 3.1 26.7 31.3 23.1 7.7 8.2 5.1
2022 38.5 27.3 25.4 8.8 41.2 35.4 23.5 2.5 29.2 25.6 22.7 10.4 9.0 6.1
2023 36.6 32.6 26.5 4.3 40.3 36.0 23.6 3.5 27.7 26.5 22.2 8.4 11.8 7.0
2024 33.4 32.1 25.1 9.3 41.2 34.7 24.1 3.4 23.3 32.1 22.5 8.0 10.1 6.6
Player 40.7 27.2 24.7 7.3 37.1 36.4 26.3 3.3 29.8 26.3 23.4 7.3 9.1 5.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2024 Slider BOS R 82 83.9 44.0 6.4 3.6GLV -0.6 -5.2 6.8 3.6GLV -1.5
2024 Curveball BOS R 389 80.0 58.2 4.9 7.8GLV 0.9 -15.2 5.3 7.8GLV -1.6
2024 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 1160 93.9 11.2 2.3 4.0ARM -1.5 19.9 4.1 4.0ARM -3.5
2024 Cutter BOS R 141 88.3 28.3 -1.5 4.6GLV 0.3 6.6 -1.7 4.6GLV 1.9
2024 Sweeper BOS R 614 82.5 36.4 -1.8 13.6GLV 0.1 3.9 -2.3 13.6GLV -0.7
2023 Curveball BOS R 588 79.4 61.3 6.6 8.0GLV 0.5 -17.3 7.4 8.0GLV -0.9
2023 Slider BOS R 264 86.6 32.4 -2.3 6.3GLV 2.2 4.0 -2.5 6.3GLV 1.0
2023 Cutter BOS R 186 88.4 30.8 -3.1 5.5GLV 2.0 4.2 -3.7 5.5GLV 2.9
2023 Split-Finger BOS R 11 84.8 31.2 -2.3 4.7ARM -4.2 6.8 -3.5 4.7ARM -6.4
2023 Sweeper BOS R 129 84.2 33.9 -4.3 14.1GLV 1.0 4.8 -3.3 14.1GLV 0.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball BOS R 1204 94.6 10.7 2.8 4.0ARM -1.4 20.0 4.2 4.0ARM -3.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 7 1,160 48.6 292 .239 .399 .307 21.8 27.7 21.3 .231 .414 .308 46.8
2024 Sweeper -0.4 -2 614 25.7 171 .224 .436 .286 35.0 35.1 24.3 .189 .328 .231 28.0
2024 Curveball 0.3 1 389 16.3 63 .167 .400 .286 20.6 19.0 12.9 .245 .468 .322 39.6
2024 Cutter -2.6 -4 141 5.9 38 .394 .879 .536 21.1 15.8 23.1 .338 .808 .493 35.7
2024 Slider -1.4 -1 82 3.4 30 .143 .393 .310 32.6 43.3 23.2 .112 .195 .168 20.0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 7 1,205 50.6 290 .214 .440 .331 24.7 28.3 22.5 .229 .428 .329 48.0
2023 Curveball -0.2 -1 588 24.7 139 .215 .400 .296 31.3 33.8 25.4 .238 .448 .317 39.3
2023 Slider 0.3 1 264 11.1 59 .189 .302 .260 35.8 28.8 20.2 .221 .386 .302 38.9
2023 Cutter -0.7 -1 186 7.8 47 .267 .467 .329 37.9 21.3 23.3 .220 .395 .277 40.0
2023 Sweeper 1.7 2 129 5.4 46 .114 .182 .151 43.8 56.5 36.6 .135 .220 .175 38.9
2023 Split-Finger -8.1 -1 11 0.5 5 .250 1.000 .540 16.7 20.0 12.5 .371 1.192 .648 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Curveball 387 80.0 76 19.9 7:00 6:45 15
2024 Cutter 141 88.3 52 7.7 11:15 10:30 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1,154 93.9 98 19.9 12:30 12:30 0
2024 Slider 82 83.9 39 8.4 8:15 7:00 75
2024 Sweeper 605 82.4 43 15.0 8:30 9:15 -45
2023 Curveball 585 79.4 85 22.1 6:45 6:45 0
2023 Cutter 186 88.4 43 7.0 10:45 9:45 60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 1,200 94.6 97 20.0 12:30 12:30 0
2023 Split-Finger 11 84.8 58 7.9 12:30 1:30 -60
2023 Slider 262 86.6 42 7.7 10:15 9:45 30
2023 Sweeper 123 84.1 44 15.5 8:30 9:30 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2017 583 2,438 1 5 -15 -9 -18
2018 686 2,815 -3 13 -11 -10 -10
2019 419 1,618 0 4 -7 -8 -11
2020 71 290 -3 3 -1 -2 -3
2021 712 2,950 5 25 -18 -12 0
2022 773 3,082 8 26 -24 -12 -3
2023 586 2,383 0 23 -9 -8 7
2024 594 2,386 3 11 -5 -8 2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2017 2,439 50.3 65.2 83.4 26.2 62.3 44.5 59.4 45.8 22.4 7.9 74.6
2018 2,846 51.1 66.4 79.4 29.1 53.4 42.7 63.0 48.1 27.5 7.5 70.8
2019 1,619 49.4 65.7 81.7 27.1 57.2 40.8 61.0 46.1 24.4 6.4 69.9
2020 290 48.3 67.9 85.3 28.0 52.4 35.5 66.2 47.2 24.1 10.7 87.1
2021 2,745 50.5 70.0 82.5 25.7 54.9 42.4 63.4 48.1 24.6 8.2 79.2
2022 3,082 51.2 68.3 82.5 25.8 59.6 42.8 60.0 47.6 23.5 8.3 76.7
2023 2,383 48.7 65.5 80.6 33.1 51.0 42.0 61.6 48.9 29.6 8.2 73.8
2024 2,387 52.0 69.0 84.2 30.0 49.1 41.7 68.4 50.3 25.6 7.5 74.4
Player 17,791 50.5 67.3 82.1 28.1 55.1 42.4 62.5 47.9 25.4 7.9 74.9
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2017 27 38 30 28 28 17 24 21 15 65 27 35 34 72 62 92 91
2018 68 72 57 46 77 10 23 32 54 77 66 67 63 78 58 91 89
2019 15 21 20 20 18 23 9 21 63 36 30 43 24 72 68 91 80
2020 41 67 62 85
2021 63 75 56 43 66 13 43 29 34 69 29 37 25 72 67 83 78
2022 18 35 17 12 27 2 19 5 5 48 28 29 12 41 70 80 86
2023 57 76 39 20 74 10 2 12 17 93 47 74 89 60 78 87 89
2024 71 75 35 12 90 11 10 32 48 88 80 50 65 47 67 86 82
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Expected Home Runs

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Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2017 22.4 25 20.3 5 11 18 7 28.0
2018 22.6 24 18.7 5 12 18 5 20.8
2019 22.4 20 17.4 3 11 14 7 35.0
2020 25.5 4 2.6 1 1 1 2 50.0
2021 23.6 27 28.4 -1 8 21 13 48.1
2022 25.1 27 31.4 -4 10 35 4 14.8
2023 23.2 23 22.3 1 9 19 9 39.1
2024 24.5 28 27.5 1 11 22 11 39.3
Player 23.6 178 168.5 10 73 148 58 32.6
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2017 25 22 15 17 19 21 26 21 12 16 19 28 20 19 21 19 18 18 26 21 22 20 25 26 19 16 18 27 26 21 11
2018 24 23 13 17 20 15 23 19 14 10 15 22 24 17 16 24 17 15 21 22 21 20 28 22 14 12 18 20 26 17 15
2019 20 24 11 18 19 17 19 17 16 9 16 18 20 16 17 15 17 15 19 18 18 19 24 23 15 16 14 19 23 16 13
2020 4 2 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 2 4 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2
2021 27 31 27 28 32 27 34 27 22 22 23 30 26 24 29 35 25 26 33 33 28 30 35 30 24 24 35 28 28 27 29
2022 27 30 25 32 33 32 35 26 21 25 25 35 37 32 32 39 31 29 34 33 35 31 41 39 25 25 36 36 36 30 21
2023 23 20 20 22 22 20 27 22 22 17 21 26 18 20 28 25 27 22 24 28 22 18 34 26 19 15 23 24 23 21 14
2024 28 27 20 27 26 29 32 27 24 20 26 28 28 23 29 26 27 28 31 31 31 27 38 33 23 26 25 28 31 29 26
Player 178 179 133 165 174 164 199 162 134 121 147 190 175 153 175 186 165 155 190 190 179 167 229 202 141 136 172 184 195 163 131
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2017 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.4 94.8 0.4 ↑ 94.5 -0.3 ↓ 92.8 -1.7 ↓ 94.7 1.9 ↑ 91.6 -3.1 ↓ 93.8 2.2 ↑ 93.3 -0.5 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 86.5 87.1 0.6 ↑ 87.5 0.4 ↑ 85.9 -1.6 ↓ 87.9 2.0 ↑ 87.1 -0.8 ↓ 84.8 -2.3 ↓ 0.0 0.0
Breaking Velocity 81.3 82.2 0.9 ↑ 81.8 -0.4 ↓ 82.2 0.4 ↑ 82.1 -0.1 ↓ 77.7 -4.4 ↓ 82.0 4.3 ↑ 81.7 -0.3 ↓
Exit Velocity 88.3 88.9 0.6 ↑ 89.7 0.8 ↑ 91.3 1.6 ↑ 89.7 -1.6 ↓ 90.7 1.0 ↑ 90.5 -0.2 ↓ 89.4 -1.1 ↓
Launch Angle 13.1 10.7 -2.4 ↓ 11.2 0.5 ↑ 20.4 9.2 ↑ 16.7 -3.7 ↓ 15.2 -1.5 ↓ 13.4 -1.8 ↓ 19.4 6.0 ↑
Barrel % 7.3 7.8 0.5 ↑ 10.0 2.2 ↑ 10.6 0.6 ↑ 8.2 -2.4 ↓ 9.0 0.8 ↑ 11.8 2.8 ↑ 10.1 -1.7 ↓
Hard Hit % 37.2 34.9 -2.3 ↓ 34.9 0.0 42.6 7.7 ↑ 40.4 -2.2 ↓ 45.6 5.2 ↑ 43.8 -1.8 ↓ 38.9 -4.9 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 36.6 34.1 -2.5 ↓ 36.0 1.9 ↑ 42.6 6.6 ↑ 33.4 -9.2 ↓ 36.3 2.9 ↑ 40.1 3.8 ↑ 38.9 -1.2 ↓
xBA .255 .221 -0.034 ↓ .266 0.045 ↑ .262 -0.004 ↓ .219 -0.043 ↓ .248 0.029 ↑ .223 -0.025 ↓ .221 -0.002 ↓
BA .281 .261 -0.020 ↓ .278 0.017 ↑ .286 0.008 ↑ .234 -0.052 ↓ .253 0.019 ↑ .208 -0.045 ↓ .231 0.023 ↑
xwOBA .335 .292 -0.043 ↓ .347 0.055 ↑ .362 0.015 ↑ .301 -0.061 ↓ .332 0.031 ↑ .308 -0.024 ↓ .291 -0.017 ↓
wOBA .358 .322 -0.036 ↓ .359 0.037 ↑ .384 0.025 ↑ .316 -0.068 ↓ .330 0.014 ↑ .296 -0.034 ↓ .306 0.010 ↑
xSLG .437 .374 -0.063 ↓ .468 0.094 ↑ .511 0.043 ↑ .385 -0.126 ↓ .433 0.048 ↑ .414 -0.019 ↓ .407 -0.007 ↓
SLG .492 .423 -0.069 ↓ .516 0.093 ↑ .571 0.055 ↑ .417 -0.154 ↓ .425 0.008 ↑ .402 -0.023 ↓ .439 0.037 ↑
K% 24.0 27.1 3.1 ↑ 21.1 -6.0 ↓ 23.9 2.8 ↑ 26.5 2.6 ↑ 22.6 -3.9 ↓ 31.2 8.6 ↑ 28.9 -2.3 ↓
BB% 9.8 7.3 -2.5 ↓ 9.3 2.0 ↑ 8.5 -0.8 ↓ 9.8 1.3 ↑ 9.4 -0.4 ↓ 8.5 -0.9 ↓ 6.1 -2.4 ↓
Swing % 45.8 48.1 2.3 ↑ 46.1 -2.0 ↓ 47.2 1.1 ↑ 48.1 0.9 ↑ 47.6 -0.5 ↓ 48.9 1.3 ↑ 50.3 1.4 ↑
Whiff% 22.4 27.5 5.1 ↑ 24.4 -3.1 ↓ 24.1 -0.3 ↓ 24.6 0.5 ↑ 23.5 -1.1 ↓ 29.6 6.1 ↑ 25.6 -4.0 ↓
In Zone % 50.3 51.1 0.8 ↑ 49.4 -1.7 ↓ 48.3 -1.1 ↓ 50.5 2.2 ↑ 51.2 0.7 ↑ 48.7 -2.5 ↓ 52.0 3.3 ↑
Out of Zone % 49.7 48.9 -0.8 ↓ 50.6 1.7 ↑ 51.7 1.1 ↑ 49.5 -2.2 ↓ 48.8 -0.7 ↓ 51.3 2.5 ↑ 48.0 -3.3 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 26.2 29.1 2.9 ↑ 27.1 -2.0 ↓ 28.0 0.9 ↑ 25.7 -2.3 ↓ 25.8 0.1 ↑ 33.1 7.3 ↑ 30.0 -3.1 ↓
First Pitch Swing % 25.9 32.3 6.4 ↑ 30.5 -1.8 ↓ 42.3 11.8 ↑ 31.3 -11.0 ↓ 30.7 -0.6 ↓ 33.1 2.4 ↑ 36.1 3.0 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 59.4 63.0 3.6 ↑ 61.0 -2.0 ↓ 66.2 5.2 ↑ 63.4 -2.8 ↓ 60.0 -3.4 ↓ 61.6 1.6 ↑ 68.4 6.8 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2017 Shifts 583 .359 298 8 2.7 285 57 20.0
2018 Shifts 675 .319 373 48 12.9 302 114 37.7
2019 Shifts 419 .359 220 7 3.2 199 60 30.2
2020 Shifts 71 .384 41 8 19.5 30 6 20.0
2021 Shifts 650 .314 390 45 11.5 260 186 71.5
2022 Shifts 748 .331 454 68 15.0 294 226 76.9
2023 Shades 586 .296 346 19 5.5 240 130 54.2
2024 Shades 594 .306 306 25 8.2 288 194 67.4
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2017 711 15.3 46.1% 1.1% 406 21.3 2.5% 8.4%
2018 817 16.9 27.1% 1.6% 447 21.6 1.1% 10.7%
2019 479 15.1 49.3% 0.6% 273 19.7 7.0% 4.8%
2020 92 16.0 38.0% 0.0% 41 21.7 0.0% 7.3%
2021 799 16.6 33.3% 1.9% 385 22.5 1.0% 11.2%
2022 840 17.0 23.2% 3.2% 513 24.3 0.0% 17.0%
2023 705 16.8 15.6% 1.0% 305 19.2 1.6% 2.6%
2024 722 16.0 28.8% 0.7% 286 18.5 4.5% 1.4%

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Pitch Distribution

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