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Winnipeg pitcher to relieve B.C. player at World Baseball Classic

Reliever Ben Onyshko was added to the Canadian roster for the World Baseball Classic on Thursday as a replacement for right-hander Nick Pivetta.

Right-hander Nick Pivetta to be replaced at World Baseball Classic by reliever Ben Onyshko

The Canadian Press ·
A man in a baseball uniform with a red jersey reading "Canada" winds up to throw a ball on a pitcher's mound.
Ben Onyshko pitches during the 2021 WBSC Baseball America Qualifier in Florida. Onyshko will replace Nick Pivetta at the World Baseball Classic in Phoenix next month. (Rhona Wise/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Reliever Ben Onyshko was added to the Canadian roster for the World Baseball Classic on Thursday as a replacement for right-hander Nick Pivetta.

Onyshko, who has spent four seasons in the Seattle Mariners organization, was 3-2 with a 4.36 earned-run average over 43 appearances for Double-A Arkansas last year.

The Winnipeg left-hander represented Canada at the 2021 WBSC Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier.

Pivetta, from Victoria, was expected to be a key starter for the Canadian side along with Cal Quantrill of the Cleveland Guardians.

Pivetta recently had COVID-19 and has not recovered to the point where he felt comfortable to play in the WBC, a Baseball Canada spokesman said in an email.

Over 33 starts for the Boston Red Sox last season, Pivetta was 10-12 with a 4.56 ERA and 175 strikeouts.

Canada will play in Pool C at the World Baseball Classic in Phoenix from March 11-15. The United States, Colombia, Great Britain and Mexico are also in the group.

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