Musgrove breaks big toe while working out

Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove fractured his left large toe within the weight room on Monday, the workforce mentioned on Tuesday morning. The membership did not provide a restoration timetable, however nonetheless lengthy Musgrove is out, it is a important loss for San Diego’s pitching plans.

The 30-year-old right-hander is a part of the star trio atop San Diego’s rotation alongside Yu Darvish and Blake Snell. Musgrove went 10-7 with a 2.93 ERA and 184 strikeouts final season and was named an All-Star for the primary time.

He additionally had a 2.89 ERA in three begins through the Padres’ postseason run and received a winner-take-all Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series in opposition to the Mets with seven one-hit innings.

Musgrove has made 30-plus begins in every of his two seasons with the Padres after San Diego acquired him in a commerce with the Pirates previous to the 2021 season.

The Padres do have a deep rotation, with Nick Martinez , Seth Lugo and the newly signed Michael Wacha out there to start out behind Darvish and Snell in Musgrove’s absence.