O\u2019Hearn said after Pivetta played stopper with a dominant start<\/a> \u2014 and thinks he\u2019s got the demonstrative pitcher pegged now.<\/p>\n\u201cHe just seems like that kind of guy, can put on a show up there,\u201d O\u2019Hearn said. \u201cHe\u2019s probably a good dancer. I could see him being half-naked out there with some eye black on and a bandana.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, it\u2019s right up his alley.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Nick Pivetta (27) of the San Diego Padres pitches against the Washington Nationals during the first inning at Petco Park on Wednesday, June 25, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n
Pivetta\u2019s pitching coach agreed.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at him,\u201d Ruben Niebla said. \u201cHe\u2019s halfway there to being a Banana. \u2026 He\u2019s got energy. More energy than any person I\u2019ve seen, and it takes a lot of energy to be out there and entertaining in some different kind of manner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Niebla thinks a lot of his relievers, too, so he believes David Morgan has what it takes on a different level: \u201cHe\u2019s very athletic, so he\u2019s capable of doing the back flips, the whole shebang,\u201d Niebla said.<\/p>\n
Asked for his pick, Morgan went right to a new teammate.<\/p>\n
After all, \u201cNasty\u201d Nestor Cortes is sight to behold with all the quirks he works into deliveries in a standard baseball game.<\/p>\n
What would happen if he didn\u2019t have to worry about a balk?<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just goofy,\u201d Morgan said. \u201cIf you talk to him, you get that vibe. He can do his weird mechanics on the mound, have a little dance probably and deliver the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n
The personality is the reason Adam settled on fellow reliever Wandy Peralta.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re going for the humor \u2014 Wandy,\u201d Adam said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to describe, but he\u2019s just funny. He\u2019s good with voices. He knows how to be funny and I don\u2019t even know what he\u2019s saying half the time. He\u2019s just the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tyler Wade, currently with Triple-A El Paso, got a couple nods as having \u201cthat actor in him,\u201d said Gavin Sheets, and being \u201ca showman,\u201d said Pivetta, but there\u2019s also a clear consensus in the clubhouse:<\/p>\n
Iglesias or Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/p>\n
In fact, Manny Machado gave the nod to Iglesias after Tatis quipped \u201cdon\u2019t say me\u201d while within earshot of the question.<\/p>\n
Plenty already had.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re going for the backflips, I feel like that\u2019s Tatis\u2019 range,\u201d Adam said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll do the squatting and jumping around and then he\u2019ll hit a great homer,\u201d Iglesias said.<\/p>\n
Added Peralta through interpreter Jorge Merlos: \u201cI feel like Tatis would be a good one to interact with a whole bunch of people and even with his teammates, so I\u2019d really like to see him try out for the Savannah Bananas.\u201d<\/p>\n
For his part, Tatis picked a new teammate in Ram\u00f3n Laureano \u2014 \u201che\u2019s definitely a character; he\u2019s just funny,\u201d he said \u2014 but Michael King summed the decision just right.<\/p>\n
Why not go with both Tatis and Iglesias?<\/p>\n
\u201cTati\u2019s probably a good one,\u201d King said. \u201cIglesias has the performing skills under his belt. I\u2019d say it\u2019s a combination of those two guys.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose guys I would trust to put on a show.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jose Iglesias had a single, \u201cOMG,\u201d debut at No. 1 in Billboard\u2019s Latin digital song sales in July…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":185239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,1370,1266,3549,1306,7264,62,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-185238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-san-diego","14":"tag-san-diego-padres","15":"tag-sandiego","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115113457405862783","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Jose Iglesias #7 of the San Diego Padres and Jake Cronenworth #9 celebrate after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies at Petco Park on Friday, July 11, 2025 in San Diego, CA. (Meg McLaughlin \/ The San Diego Union-Tribune)<\/p>\n