Padres hit with 'sudden and drastic' blow to starting rotation on eve of postseason series with Dodgers

The San Diego Padres volition beryllium without 1 of their apical arms for the remainder of the postseason and good beyond.

Joe Musgrove started Game 2 of a National League Wild Card Series Wednesday but was taken retired aft conscionable 3⅔ innings owed to elbow tightness successful his throwing arm.

That's ne'er a bully sign, and the worst-case script played out.

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Joe Musgrove, left, of the San Diego Padres leaves during the 4th inning successful Game 2 of a wild-card bid against the Atlanta Braves astatine Petco Park Oct. 2, 2024, successful San Diego.   (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

San Diego announced Friday that Musgrove volition acquisition Tommy John surgery, astir surely shelving him for the full 2025 play arsenic well.

Musgrove has been hampered by injuries since the 2022 campaign, the champion of his career. His play ended aboriginal past twelvemonth aft helium had inflammation successful a enarthrosis capsule. This play didn't commencement disconnected truthful hot. He compiled a 5.66 ERA successful his archetypal 10 starts. San Diego past placed him connected the 60-day IL with a bony spur successful his close elbow.

When helium returned, Musgrove returned to form, pitching to a 2.15 ERA successful his last 9 starts of the season, including an outing successful which helium allowed six earned runs successful 4⅓ innings aboriginal past month. It added up to a 3.88 ERA, but helium intelligibly was trending successful the close direction.

Joe Musgrove of the San Diego Padres leaves during the 4th inning of Game 2 of a wild-card bid against the Atlanta Braves astatine Petco Park Oct. 2, 2024, successful San Diego.   (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

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However, connected Wednesday night, helium was taken retired of the game, walking disconnected the tract with a trainer and intelligibly emotional.

"I'm devastated I'm not going to decorativeness what we started," Musgrove said connected Friday of his "sudden and drastic" injury. 

"It's a substance of coming to grips that this is it for me."

Musgrove said erstwhile helium got his elbow checked retired implicit the summer, doctors told him it was a "matter of time" until the worst happened.

"The penning was connected the partition for me. It was a substance of when," helium said.

Despite Musgrove leaving the crippled early, San Diego took down the Atlanta Braves to determination connected to the National League Division Series.

It's their 3rd travel to an NLDS since 2020, each of which volition person travel against the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers.

San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove leaves during the 4th inning of Game 2 successful the wild-card circular of the 2024 MLB Playoffs against the Atlanta Braves astatine Petco Park.  (Denis Poroy/Imagn Images)

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Musgrove figured to beryllium an enactment to transportation Game 3 of the NLDS connected an other time of rest.

That bid begins Saturday nighttime successful Los Angeles with an 8:38 p.m. ET archetypal pitch.