Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta abruptly walks off the mound after two batters.

He forgot how many strikes there were and he was too committed to the strut to walk back to the mound

I’ll tell you what happened. He thought he struck out the 3rd out, tried to aura farm, realized too late that it wasn’t a backwards K and had NO OPTION but to fully commit to the bit and act like it was an injury. He is in aura debt for the rest of his life

I feel really bad for him. He knew he had to throw by August 22 to prevent the Pads from voiding the final $32 million on his deal. So he did everything he could, but the body didn't respond.

Did he Trump his pants?

Did he eat the lettuce?

It's strange because it looks like he's walking off thinking it was strike 3, gets informed it wasn't, then continues walking.

He was probably injured. He threw and probably felt something and knew immediately he got hurt and out of frustration he just walked off.

Any word yet? Was he on a pitch count?

Was not a pitch count issue. No word yet

He obviously felt something in his arm and couldn’t continue.

In all the stupid comments, I didn’t see one person pointed out. This was a minor league game.

That stop he had on the way in seems to suggest he’s just being a diva?

tommy john and he lost $32 million all at the same time literally. i would’ve done the same thing

Knew it was too good to be true

Looks like a case of the “Taco Bell Blowouts “ 😬💩🚽

Was he having trouble breathing through the right eyelid?

This is not good news for us. Makes the trades we made yesterday very important.

Probably just had to take a shit

Had to take a shit. Been there.

The Etsy witches misunderstood the assignment. Skubal, not Pivetta, y'all.

Looks like he had to shit and he’s like yeah I gotta go SEE YAH

Hey I remember when La flama Blanca did that to the Rangers

Bro realized he forgot to clock in at work 😂

“We beat the Marlins! We’re buyers!” Haaaaaaaa

@jphoornstra That’s too bad. As a dodgers fan fans I can’t stand the Padres, but you don’t wanna see this. , ever.

I think he was just too embarrassed to go back to the mound…

If he shit his pants he should have kept going. Ask @markschlereth. He would have become a champion and legend. Analysis job in the future. Show some guts.

I did that same walk back to the dugout when I tore my labrum my sophomore year in college on a down south weekend series. Helpless feeling and it hurt so bad you just gotta get to privacy to really process it. Elbow or shoulder. No bueno.

He shit himself? Oof

Never understand why they wait so long and then he comes back and he gets injured then they go to Tommy John why didn't they just go to Tommy John from the get-go

That’s concerning. Walking straight off without waiting for the trainer usually means he felt something snap or pull immediately.