Joe Musgrove made his long-awaited return to the mound for the San Diego Padres when they faced off against Team Great Britain in an exhibition game at the Peoria Sports Complex on Wednesday. If was not a perfect day for Musgrove or the Padres for that matter, but they both performed well enough to see the game end in a 2-2 tie. What got lost in all the hype about Musgrove’s first game-action since 2024 was a stellar four innings of work from Randy Vasquez. He threw four innings and allowed just
one hit and struck out three. Manager Craig Stammen said earlier in spring camp that Vasquez was the front runner for the No. 4 spot in the rotation but would not commit to it. Vasquez seems to have accepted the indirect challenge to take the position and appears to be doing just that based on his solid spring season.
Padres News:
- Stammen was asked by the media if he saw Fernando Tatis Jr. hitting leadoff for the Dominican Republic and he admitted that he had, stating Tatis could hit leadoff for the Padres. While that has not been the case to this point in Spring Training, Stammen reserves the right to change his mind and based on Tatis’ performance in the WBC exhibition games with the Dominican Republic, that may not be a bad idea.
Baseball News:
- Baltimore Orioles prospect Vance Honeycutt is making the most of his opportunities this spring. He has hit four home runs in four at-bats with three weeks remaining before Opening Day.
- NFL quarterback Kyler Murray is expected to be released by the Arizona Cardinals this month and the Athletics have quickly said they are open to a reunion with the multi-sport athlete from the University of Oklahoma that was drafted by the organization in 2019.
- Cincinnati Reds ace Hunter Greene is expected to have an MRI on his right elbow this week after he reported that he felt tightness in his right elbow.
- Payton Tolle of the Boston Red Sox recorded seven strikeouts in three innings. Five of those seven strikeouts came in consecutive fashion.
- The announcement of the preliminary rosters for the Spring Breakout are to be revealed today on MLB Network.
- Jeremy Pena of the Houston Astros is scheduled to have X-rays of his finger after he was hit on the finger while fielding a groundball.
- The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Reds agreed to a trade that sent the Reds’ No. 19 prospect to Pittsburgh.
- Detroit Tigers play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti was selected as the voice of Sunday Night Baseball for the upcoming season.
- Orioles reliever Andrew Kittredge has been dealing with right shoulder inflammation and is expected to miss time.
