Padres’ Joe Musgrove shut down 3 weeks with shoulder inflammation
Musgrove was scratched from his scheduled start Wednesday and had an MRI that revealed the inflammation. Musgrove is 10-3 with a 3.05 ERA.
The setback comes as the Padres were beginning to play better after failing to live up to the expectations of having baseball’s third-highest payroll. The Padres have won five of six games going into Friday night’s opener of a four-game home series against the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.
Still, the Padres, who made a stirring run to the NL Championship Series last year, are nine games back and one game under .500. They are four games out of the third wild-card spot, with three teams ahead of them.
The Padres acquired 43-year-old Rich Hill from Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Right-hander Michael Wacha remains on the injured list.
Musgrove, who grew up in suburban El Cajon, pitched the first no-hitter in Padres history in just his second start with his hometown team on April 9, 2021, at Texas.