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Padres’ Joe Musgrove Returns to Mound, Touches 95 MPH in First Post–Tommy John Outing

Encouraging health signals position him to help a rotation in flux under a careful workload plan.

Overview

  • Musgrove worked two-plus innings in a spring exhibition vs. Great Britain, allowing one run on five singles with three strikeouts and one walk in a 2-2 tie at Peoria Sports Complex.
  • He threw 60 pitches with 36 strikes, sat around 93–94 mph and topped 95, and generated swings and misses with his breaking stuff.
  • Musgrove said he felt healthy and liked the shapes of his pitches, noting his command remains a bit off after 17 months away.
  • Manager Craig Stammen said Musgrove’s stuff has not dipped and praised his progress following simulated work leading into the outing.
  • The Padres plan a cautious build as they look to Musgrove to stabilize a thin rotation that currently leans on Nick Pivetta and Michael King with Yu Darvish out and Dylan Cease departed in free agency.