Padres News: Joe Musgrove Opens Up About Shoulder Injury

A top of the rotation arm could be sidelined for a little bit

Dealing with an injury is never fun. It's especially not fun when the injury is in your throwing shoulder, and you're a starting pitcher in the MLB.

It looks like Joe Musgrove will be on the shelf for the foreseeable future with inflammation in his right shoulder capsule, which was more serious than initially thought.

You can just tell in the way he reacted to the news that he wants to be out there:

“Every part of me wants to go out there and throw, but everything is telling us that we need to step back and give it some rest,” Musgrove said. “We saw multiple doctors, got every opinion we could and everyone was pretty consistent in saying that three weeks is about what you need to at least give it a chance to come back.”

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San Diego Union Tribune

Hey, three weeks doesn't seem too bad compared to the amount of time he could be healing if he tore something in his shoulder. Nevertheless, an injury is still an injury and Musgrove still knows not to rush into anything and let it heal up.

“A capsule is not really an area to toy around with,” Musgrove said. “A lot of bad things can lead from that, so glad we caught it when we did. I’m gonna do everything I can to make sure I give this the proper rest and recovery. ... Right now, it’s just find a way to get back and get a chance to throw again before this year is over, whether that’s at the end of the season or into the postseason. Whatever happens after that we’ll just work that out in the offseason.”

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San Diego Union Tribune

This season, Musgrove has a 10-3 record with a 3.05 ERA, and 97 strikeouts over 97.1 innings pitched, so it's been a very productive season for one of San Diego's top arms.

Hope for a speedy recovery, and we'll see you in three weeks, Joe!