Padres News: Joe Musgrove Opens Up About Ongoing Elbow Discomfort

Hopefully, this doesn't affect Musgrove in the long run

San Diego Padres righty ace Joe Musgrove made his ninth start of the season on Tuesday against the Cleveland Guardians to pick up his fourth win of the season. The offense did their thing, and so did Joe going six innings, five strikeouts, and one walk. 

Musgrove is still finding his groove after a tough start to the 2023 season. The 30-year-old started the season in the IL due to a fractured left toe that kept him out until late April. If it's not one thing, it's another with Musgrove; apparently, as we learned, he's been dealing with another minor issue with his elbow. 

The righty spoke to Padres insider Kevin Acee, and it's manageable but hasn't been great as of late. 

“I don’t know,” Sánchez said through interpreter Danny Sanchez. “I mean, I don’t have a ton of experience playing in this stadium. But now that I’ve gotten the opportunity to go out and play in this ballpark, the results have been good so far. Hopefully, they continue to be good the more I play.”

(via San Diego Tribune)

Joe Musgrove has been dealing with bursitis in his right elbow that may have came from using the hyperbaric chamber in spring training to get back faster from his fractured toe

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The Padres were recently in Colorado for a three-game series, which could have been the release for the flare-up as Denver is known for their high altitude. Still, this is the last thing the Padres need is for one of their key players to miss another game. 

It doesn't seem like it will get to that level, but you can never be certain. Musgrove reassured us and said he will continue to get healthy. 

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“Everything is healthy in there,” Musgrove said. “I think I had a leak in the bursa sac or a rupture in there, which is not damaging as far as the injury itself. But it causes swelling and causes loss of range of motion. So just been trying to work on that and keep that under control.”