<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/padres-news-joe-musgrove-dysfunctional-organization-claims');   ga('set', 'title', 'Padres’ Joe Musgrove gets brutally honest on ‘dysfunctional organization’ claims');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Thumbs-3-2.jpeg"></figure><h1>Padres’ Joe Musgrove gets brutally honest on ‘dysfunctional organization’ claims</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-25T07:05:16-07:00">September 25th, 7:05am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-25T07:05:16-07:00">September 25th, 7:05am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After entering the season as one of the favorites to win the World Series, the San Diego Padres begin the final week of the regular season on the brink of being eliminated from playoff contention. The team with the third-highest payroll in baseball will miss the playoffs, a shock for a talented group that was one step away from a World Series appearance a year ago.</p><p>Reports have surfaced calling the Padres a <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38488176/padres-push-back-amid-reports-organizational-dysfunction" rel="noopener">“dysfunctional organization,”</a> something that would certainly contribute to a well below-par season. Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove was one of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-new-fernando-tatis-jr-a-j-preller-fire-back-narrative-blaming-manny-machado-lost-season" rel="noopener">several San Diego players</a> to dismiss that claim.</p><p>“Obviously, there were things that went on in the clubhouse this year that we didn’t do a very good job of addressing and handling,” Musgrove said, via the Associated Press. “I think if we addressed some of those things sooner instead of kind of letting them fester, some of that stuff might have worked itself out. By no means is it a dysfunctional organization.”</p><p>Musgrove did not get into specifics but said some of the things that were mishandled led to the leaders of the team trying to do too much.</p><p>Musgrove’s season fits the mold for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-news-manny-machado-honest-brutal-season" rel="noopener">Padres’ 2023 campaign.</a> He started the season on the injured list, making his debut in late April. He dazzled through three months before again landing on the shelf in early August and was shut down for the season in mid-September.</p><p>It’s unclear exactly what went wrong for the Padres this season and until that’s discovered, speculation will continue. Even with an uber-talented roster, it’s hard to win in the MLB. Perhaps the Padres’ woes are simply the baseball gods giving them the short end of the stick.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Padres’ Joe Musgrove gets brutally honest on ‘dysfunctional organization’ claims

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/padres-news-joe-musgrove-gets-major-injury-update-with-season-winding-down');   ga('set', 'title', 'Padres’ Joe Musgrove gets major injury update with season winding down');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Joe-Musgrove-Padres-Joe-Musgrove-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Padres’ Joe Musgrove gets major injury update with season winding down</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-15T18:40:35-07:00">September 15th, 6:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-15T18:41:06-07:00">September 15th, 6:41pm</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP, he's writing predictions across the European soccer and NBA world for bettors at Sports Betting Dime, one of the fastest-growing sports betting sites in North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Diego Padres are set to miss the playoffs in extremely disappointing fashion despite having one of the most talented rosters in baseball. As a result, they’ve already shut down Yu Darvish for the remainder of the campaign and it appears Joe Musgrove is next.</p><p>Per AJ Cassavell of MLB.com, the team <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/joe-musgrove-shut-down-for-2023-after-shoulder-injury?partnerID=web_article-share" rel="noopener">has slowed down</a> Musgrove’s throwing program as he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-news-padres-hit-with-brutal-joe-musgrove-injury-blow-amid-shoulder-issue" rel="noopener">continues to rehab</a> a shoulder injury that’s kept him out since the beginning of August. While the team hasn’t officially announced that Musgrove is done for the year, multiple people around the organization have confirmed that he won’t take the mound again in 2023.</p><p>Despite the underwhelming season for the franchise, Musgrove was solid this year. Before going on the shelf, the right-hander owned a 3.05 ERA and a 10-3 record in 17 starts. The 30-year-old also struck out 97 in 97.1 innings while issuing just 21 free passes.</p><p>On Wednesday, Musgrove spoke about wanting to pitch again but also said he understood there’s not really any point if <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-news-ex-padres-player-wil-myers-fires-back-at-reports-of-manny-machado-being-a-cancer-in-locker-room" rel="noopener">the Padres aren’t</a> making the postseason:</p><p>“I want to pitch,” Joe Musgrove said. “But obviously the risk/reward is not that great. If I go out there and pitch a game that’s not leading toward anything for us as a team, then it’s not worth it if I go out there and get injured. If we’re in a postseason race, pushing to get back, that makes more sense than doing it right now, with what the situation is.”</p><p>Regardless, Musgrove was happy with how he felt in rehab:</p><p>“I feel great,” Musgrove said. “I feel the best I’ve felt since the [IL stint]. The big thing is you don’t want to be playing catch-up. The offseason is a time where you get an extended period to really work on things. … There’s peace of mind in knowing that you’re healthy.”</p><p>Time to look ahead to 2024 for Musgrove and San Diego.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Padres’ Joe Musgrove gets major injury update with season winding down

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/padres-news-joe-musgrove-breaks-silence-injury-diagnosis');   ga('set', 'title', 'Padres’ Joe Musgrove breaks silence on injury diagnosis');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Joe_Musgrove_breaks_silence_on_injury_diagnosis.jpg"></figure><h1>Padres’ Joe Musgrove breaks silence on injury diagnosis</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-04T17:01:20-07:00">August 4th, 5:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-04T17:03:09-07:00">August 4th, 5:03pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sportswriter who is comfortable covering many different sports. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>San Diego Padres fans have been forced to modify their definition of reaching the mountain top a number of times throughout this season.</p><p>Before the year began, the apex was the World Series. Nothing else would suffice after falling short last season. After a poor start, that definition remained intact but no longer entailed winning the National League West. Just get into the playoffs and then everything resets. Things did not really turn around, though, with San Diego being several games below .500 by the time the All-Star break rolled around.</p><p>And now, following arguably the team’s best stretch of the season (won five of last six), the mountain top became .500. Reach mediocrity, and then a National League Wild Card slot could be a tangible goal. By gradually adjusting expectations, fans were able to keep that World Series dream alive, but just barely. It might end up fully evaporating into the land of fantasy following the latest <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-news-padres-hit-with-brutal-joe-musgrove-injury-blow-amid-shoulder-issue" rel="noopener">Joe Musgrove injury news</a>.</p><p>The 2022 All-Star pitcher is being shut down for three weeks with inflammation in his right shoulder capsule. <a href="https://twitter.com/973TheFanSD/status/1687589047374622721" rel="noopener">He was dismayed</a> by the setback.</p><p>“I honestly thought we were going in for a pretty routine checkup, you know inflammation, injection or some meds or something, and then get out of there,” Musgrove told the media Friday, per 97.3 The Fan San Diego. “They went in and found some injury to the capsule, which is a pretty significant part of the shoulder that leads to a lot of bad things.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Joe Musgrove discusses his shoulder injury: <a href="https://t.co/3aMzIdiJFD">pic.twitter.com/3aMzIdiJFD</a></p><p>— 97.3 The Fan (@973TheFanSD) <a href="https://twitter.com/973TheFanSD/status/1687589047374622721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The 30-year-old right-handed starter went on to say that he sought multiple opinions but ultimately could not avoid a hiatus of at least three weeks. Musgrove has been dominant since the calendar turned to June and has a 10-3 record with a 3.05 ERA on the year. He has been a crucial part of the Padres’ resurgence.</p><p>He is determined to get back as soon as possible and address any long-term injury issue in the offseason. But his absence makes that climb up the mountain much steeper.</p><p>San Diego is currently four games out of the playoffs and is hosting the Los Angeles Dodgers for a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-bobby-miller-padres-los-angeles-rivalry" rel="noopener">weekend set</a>. Fans desperately hope that they do not have to temper expectations again.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Padres’ Joe Musgrove breaks silence on injury diagnosis

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/padres-news-padres-hit-with-brutal-joe-musgrove-injury-blow-amid-shoulder-issue');   ga('set', 'title', 'Padres hit with brutal Joe Musgrove injury blow amid shoulder issue');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Padres-news-San-Diego-hit-with-brutal-Joe-Musgrove-injury-blow-amid-shoulder-issue-2.jpg"><figcaption>8/4/23</figcaption></figure><h1>Padres hit with brutal Joe Musgrove injury blow amid shoulder issue</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-04T15:57:32-07:00">August 4th, 3:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-04T15:57:32-07:00">August 4th, 3:57pm</time><address><a>Steve Silverman</a>Steve Silverman has been covering the NFL for more than 35 years, and his writing has appeared in ESPN Magazine, Playboy, Bleacher Report, CBS Sports, Pro Football Weekly, and Forbes.com. He has written 10 books, including "Who's Better, Who's Best in the NFL." He has won multiple awards from the Pro Football Writers of America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It has been a challenging season for the high-priced <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-vs-padres-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-8-4-2023" rel="noopener">San Diego Padres</a>. They were expected to battle the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League West crown, and perhaps the Atlanta Braves for superiority throughout the entire league. Until recently, the Padres were among the most disappointing teams in Major League Baseball, but they have started to turn things around. However, they got some bad news Friday as pitcher Joe Musgrove will have to be shut down for at least 3 weeks.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Joe Musgrove underwent an MRI on his right shoulder that revealed inflammation in his capsule, A.J. Preller said. He’ll be shut down for three weeks.</p><p>— Dennis Lin (@dennistlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/dennistlin/status/1687577498358530049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>An MRI showed that Musgrove has inflammation in his <a href="https://twitter.com/dennistlin/status/1687577498358530049?s=46" rel="noopener">right shoulder capsule</a>, according to Padres President of baseball operations and general manager AJ Preller.</p><p>The news comes as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-news-rich-hill-san-diego-debut-date-confirmation" rel="noopener">the Padres</a> are starting a three-game series at home with the first-place Dodgers. the Padres are within 1 game of the .500 mark at 54-55, and registering a series win over their Southern California archrivals would improve their chances of getting back in the Wild Card race.</p><p>The San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Cincinnati Reds currently hold the Wild Card positions in the National League and the Padres are 4 games behind the Reds for the final spot. However, it’s not just a matter of catching Cincinnati because the Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago Cubs are all ahead of San Diego.</p><p>It will be much more difficult to leapfrog those teams and get a playoff position without Musgrove in the rotation for the next 3 weeks.</p><p>Joe Musgrove has had a memorable season for the Padres, putting together a 10-3 record with a 3.05 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 97.1 innings. This is Musgrove’s eighth big league season, and he has come into his own during the last 3 seasons with the Padres.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sports journalism from Arizona State University in 2021. Booth is passionate about his faith, video games, sports with friends and making the most of his time with his girlfriend when he's not working.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Diego Padres scratched pitcher Joe Musgrove (right shoulder soreness) from his scheduled start <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-rockies-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-8-2-2023" rel="noopener">Wednesday versus the Colorado Rockies</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ajcassavell/status/1686760709764390912?s=46" rel="noopener">according</a> to MLB.com reporter AJ Cassavell. Nick Martinez will start in his place.</p><p>Per Cassavell, the Padres said Musgrove is expected to make his next start, but that will be contingent on how he is feeling.</p><p>Musgrove is in his third season with San Diego. He was an All-Star in 2022 and leads the Padres in wins (10) this season.</p><p>Musgrove has pitched six innings or more in 11 of his last 122 starts. In July, he allowed 22 hits across five starts and five earned runs. He went 4-1 in that time.</p><p>The Padres, who were expected to compete for a National League championship, have underwhelmed. They are 53-55 and trail the Arizona Diamondbacks by four games in the NL West. They are 8 1/2 games behind the division’s leader, the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have a 60-45 record.</p><p>Musgrove formerly played for the Houston Astros (2016-2017) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2018-2020). He was a World Series champion with the Astros in 2017.</p><p>Along with his All-Star honor, Musgrove pitched a no-hitter for the Padres in April 2021.</p><p>Musgrove is a reliable pitcher who could be valuable for San Diego <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/padres-news-manny-machado-shares-true-feelings-about-new-arrivals-after-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">if it makes a postseason push</a>. The Padres have to find a rhythm in the end of the season in order to catch three teams who have .500 records in their division (the San Francisco Giants are 59-49).</p><p>The Padres play the Rockies Wednesday at 12:10 p.m. PT. They will then have a four-game home series versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, which begins Friday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
299	3.88	101	1.17	6

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
299	3.88	101	1.17	6

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