{"id":82365,"date":"2024-08-07T11:59:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=82365"},"modified":"2024-08-07T11:59:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T15:59:44","slug":"joe-musgrove-set-to-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/07\/joe-musgrove-set-to-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres Frontline Pitcher Eyes Weekend Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Diego Padres rotation could see the return of Joe Musgrove<\/a> in Miami this weekend, AJ Cassavell of MLB.com<\/em><\/a> reports. There is a “high probability” that the right-hander will return from the 60-day injured list, manager Mike Shildt said but did not specify which day Musgrove would pitch. Musgrove went 3 1\/3 innings and threw 43 pitches in his first rehab start with Single-A Lake Elsinore on Sunday. He will likely be limited to four to five innings against the Marlins in what will be his first start since late May<\/a>. Musgrove has been sidelined with a bone spur and bruise in his right elbow.<\/p>\n

Joe Musgrove Set to Return This Weekend<\/h2>\n

The return of Musgrove comes at a good time for the Padres, who began the first of 27 games in 28 games on Tuesday. They improved just past midnight to a season-best ten games over .500. They moved into the National League’s first Wild Card spot and are 62-52, including going 12-3 since the All-Star break. This all happened even when the Padres were missing Musgrove, Yu Darvish<\/a>, Xander Bogaerts<\/a> and Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/a> for parts of the season.<\/p>\n

A Possible Six-Man Rotation<\/h3>\n

Shildt could go for a six-man rotation. However, he indicated it’s likelier the Padres stay at five. Randy V\u00e1squez<\/a> could be pushed out of the rotation though a decision doesn’t need to be made right away. The options for starting pitching will give more depth, considering the Padres went most of July with a four-man rotation. There is still no timetable for Darvish, who remains on the restricted list due to a personal family matter. Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez<\/a> arrived at the trade deadline<\/a> and Musgrove should join him in the rotation soon. If the Padres use a six-man rotation, it gives the option to give their starters an extra day of rest.<\/p>\n

If there is a vulnerable area, it is the rotation. It will be interesting to see how the Padres get through this gruelling schedule. Michael King<\/a> has been their most valuable starter, he will start Wednesday after skipping a start with a bruised calf muscle.<\/p>\n

Main Photo: \u00a9 Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The San Diego Padres rotation could see the return of Joe Musgrove in Miami this weekend, AJ Cassavell of MLB.com reports. There is a “high probability” that the right-hander will return from the 60-day injured list, manager Mike Shildt said but did not specify which day Musgrove would pitch. Musgrove went 3 1\/3 innings and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3686,"featured_media":82366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1071],"tags":[1625,1860,3255,3111,2457,28682,292,84],"class_list":["post-82365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-padres","category-mlb","tag-fernando-tatis-jr","tag-joe-musgrove","tag-martin-perez","tag-michael-king","tag-mike-shildt","tag-randy-vasquez","tag-xander-bogaerts","tag-yu-darvish"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}