By Steve Atkinson
It’s been a very quiet baseball off-season everywhere. The “Hot Stove” is no more as December and January are all about the NFL. The baseball signings used to happen during the Winter Meetings now it seems they happen during Spring Training. The Padres didn’t do much in December or January with additions. They did lose Ha-Seong Kim to the Tampa Bay Rays and Jurkison Profar to the Braves but other than that they didn’t add much until Wednesday night.
Padres Sign Nick Pivetta

The Padres added Nick Pivetta who was with the Red Sox the last four years to their rotation. With Joe Musgrove out for the season because of Tommy John Surgery, this added another arm to the rotation. Per MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand, Pivetta will earn a $3 million signing bonus plus a $1 million salary in 2025, followed by salaries of $19 million, $14 million, and $18 million in each of the following three seasons, respectively. It’s a four-year $55 million contract altogether.
Pivetta would probably be the fourth starter in the rotation behind Dylan Cease, Yu Darvish, and Michael King. I wouldn’t trade anyone in the rotation it’s pretty solid.
Padres Sign Jason Hayward
The Padres signed outfielder Jayson Heyward to a 1 year $1 million contract also this week. He’s bounced around and won a World Series with the Cubs.
I think he is this year’s Profar signing from last year maybe he’ll have a year like Profar did then go out and get paid somewhere. The Padres still have Jackson Merrill and Fernando Tatis Jr. In the outfield, their lineup is somewhat the same as last year minus Profar and Kim.
This spring training should be good and I expect more additions to come maybe add another bat or something.
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