Pivetta finishes sixth in NL Cy Young Award voting

Former Victoria Eagles and Junior National Team alum, San Diego Padres RHP Nick Pivetta (Victoria, B.C.) finished sixth in the National League Cy Young Award voting.

November 13, 2025

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

San Diego Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta (Victoria, B.C.) finished sixth in the National League Cy Young Award voting.

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes was the winner. All 30 baseball writers who voted had Skenes first on their ballot in the results that were announced on Wednesday.

Pivetta received seven, fifth-place votes and his sixth-place finish is the highest by a Canadian in the NL Cy Young Award voting since right-hander Michael Soroka (Calgary, Alta.), then with the Atlanta Braves, also finished sixth in 2019.

After signing a four-year contract with the Padres in the off-season, Pivetta proceeded to lead all Canadian big league pitchers in wins (13), starts (31), innings pitched (181 2/3) strikeouts (190) and WAR (5.3). He also topped Padres pitchers in all of these categories.

Pivetta’s WAR made him just the ninth Canadian-born pitcher in MLB history have a WAR of 5 or better in a season.

He was also fourth among all major league pitchers in opponents’ batting average (.195), fifth in WHIP (0.985) and hits per innings pitched (6.39), ninth in ERA (2.87) and 10th in quality starts (19). His regular season performance earned him the start in the first game of the Padres’ Wild-Card series against the Chicago Cubs.

The 2025 season represented the best of Pivetta’s nine big league campaigns. He has also pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox.

Ballots for the 2025 BBWAA awards were cast prior to the postseason.

The voting format employed awards seven points for a first place vote, four points for second place, three points for third place, two points for fourth place and one point for fifth place.