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Joe Musgrove started the second game of a National League Wild Card Series on Wednesday, but was knocked out after just 3⅔ innings because of an elbow strain in his throwing arm.
This is never a good sign, and the worst case scenario has happened.
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Joe Musgrove, left, of the San Diego Padres, leaves during the fourth inning of Game 2 of a wild-card series against the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park on October 2, 2024, in San Diego. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
San Diego announced Friday that Musgrove would undergo Tommy John surgery, also sidelining him for the entire 2025 season.
Musgrove has been hampered by injuries since the 2022 campaign, the best of his career. His season ended early last year after an inflammation of the shoulder capsule. This season didn't start so hot. He compiled a 5.66 ERA in his first 10 starts. San Diego then placed him on a 60-day IL with a bone spur in his right elbow.
Upon his return, Musgrove returned to form, posting a 2.15 ERA in his final nine starts of the season, including an outing in which he allowed six earned runs in 4⅓ innings early last month . That totaled a 3.88 ERA, but he was clearly going in the right direction.
Joe Musgrove of the San Diego Padres leaves during the fourth inning of the second game of a wild-card series against the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park on October 2, 2024 in San Diego. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
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However, on Wednesday night he was removed from the game, walking off the field with a trainer and clearly emotional.
“I'm devastated that I won't be able to finish what we started,” Musgrove said Friday of his “sudden and serious” injury.
“It’s about understanding that this is everything to me.”
Musgrove said that when he had his elbow looked at over the summer, doctors told him it was a “matter of time” before the worst happened.
“For me it was on the wall. The question was when,” he said.
Although Musgrove left the game early, San Diego defeated the Atlanta Braves to advance to the National League Division Series.
This is their third trip to an NLDS since 2020, all of which will come against the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers.
San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove leaves the fourth inning of the second game during the 2024 MLB round of the playoffs against the Atlanta Braves at Petco Park. (Denis Poroy/Imagn Images)
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Musgrove seemed like an option to start Game 3 of the NLDS with an extra day of rest.
This series begins Saturday evening in Los Angeles with a first pitch at 8:38 p.m. ET.