Joseph

Musgrove

PAge : 33Throws : R

#44

Joe Musgrove

#44PSan Diego Padres

Height : 6' 5" · Weight : 104 kg · Bats : R · Throws : R · MLB debut : 2016-08-02

Born in : El Cajon, CA, USA

MLB record

Year	Team	PJ	V	D	MPM	MJ	RB	WHIP
2024	San Diego Padres	19	6	5	3.88	99.2	101	1.17
2023	San Diego Padres	17	10	3	3.05	97.1	97	1.14
2022	San Diego Padres	30	10	7	2.93	181.0	184	1.08
2021	San Diego Padres	32	11	9	3.18	181.1	203	1.08
2020	Pittsburgh Pirates	8	1	5	3.86	39.2	55	1.24
2019	Pittsburgh Pirates	32	11	12	4.44	170.1	157	1.22
2018	Pittsburgh Pirates	19	6	9	4.06	115.1	100	1.18
2017	Houston Astros	38	7	8	4.77	109.1	98	1.33
2016	Houston Astros	11	4	4	4.06	62.0	55	1.21
Career totals		206	66	62	3.73	1056.0	1050	1.17

ContractSan Diego Padres payroll →

Type: Extension
Length: 5 yrs · 2023–2027
Total value: 100.0 M$
AAV: 20.00 M$

2026
20.00 M$
Guaranteed
2027
20.00 M$
Guaranteed

Full no-trade clause through 2026, may block trades to 13 teams in 2027

Advanced stats, 2024Starting pitcherMLB stats →

ERA

3.88

FIP

3.96

xFIP

3.74

ERA-

WHIP

1.17

24.6 %

BB%

5.6 %

Strikeouts

101

Innings

99.7

Wins

Stats: MLB (statsapi) and Baseball Savant.

2025 projectionMLB trends →

Projected WAR

1.4

Strikeouts

2024 WAR

1.4

This season's pace, over the average of the last two workloads, adjusted for next year's age.

Trend

↓ Slight decline (-9)

20213.3 WAR · 3.3 per full season
20223.4 WAR · 3.4 per full season
20232.1 WAR · 3.9 per full season
20241.4 WAR · 2.5 per full season

Outlook, age included

-9 · 31 y.o. · prime years

It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.

Player ratings, 2024All ratings →

Ratings from 0 to 100, computed from Statcast and MLB stats over four seasons, never by hand. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.

OV · Overall

Very good

VEL: Velocity; 71
STF: Stuff; 83
CTL: Control; 85
CNT: Contact allowed; 82
STA: Stamina; 72
DUR: Durability; 74
EX: Experience; 78

Why these ratings?

VEL — Velocity : Fastball velocity
STF — Stuff : Strikeouts, K − BB
CTL — Control : Walks avoided
CNT — Contact allowed : xwOBA, barrels and hard-hit balls allowed
STA — Stamina : Innings per start and innings pitched
DUR — Durability : Games played over several seasons
EX — Experience : Seasons in the majors

WAR and PAL Rating, 2024How we rate →

WAR is fWAR (FanGraphs' version, distributed through MLB's API): wins added above a replacement player. PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same role (50 = median).

WAR

1.4

#94 of 163 regular starters

PAL Rating

54 / 100

#75 of 163 regular starters

PAL: dimensions

Run prevention56

Stuff76

Command84

Contact allowed22

Velocity37

Workload22

A pitcher's WAR

Computed by MLB from FIP (strikeouts, walks, home runs). FIP: 3.96 · RA9-WAR: 1.7

StatcastStatcast leaderboards →

MLB's tracking of every ball, 2024 season. The percentile ranks the player among regulars in the role: 90th means better than 90% of them.

Fastball

93.0 mi/h

37th percentile

24.6 %

72th percentile

BB%

5.6 %

85th percentile

xERA

4.31

43th percentile

xwOBA allowed

.324

43th percentile

Barrels allowed

10.5 %

8th percentile

Season by season
Season	Team	WAR	PAL	OV	Fastball	K%	BB%	xERA	xwOBA allowed
2024	SD	1.4	54	83	93.0	24.6	5.6	4.31	.324
2023	SD	2.1	90	89	93.1	24.3	5.3	3.14	.275
2022	SD	3.4	86	87	92.9	24.9	5.7	3.32	.287
2021	SD	3.3	83	85	93.3	27.1	7.2	3.92	.305

Game log, 2024

Date	Opponent	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sep 26	@ LAD	6.1	5	2	1	6	3.88
Sep 20	vs CWS	6.0	4	0	0	9	3.95
Sep 14	@ SF	6.0	3	0	0	8	4.23
Sep 8	vs SF	4.1	8	6	1	7	4.54
Sep 2	vs DET	6.0	3	0	2	8	4.09
Aug 28	@ STL	6.0	7	3	1	3	4.44
Aug 23	vs NYM	7.0	1	0	0	9	4.43
Aug 18	@ COL	4.1	3	1	2	6	4.97
Aug 12	vs PIT	4.1	2	0	1	1	5.20
May 26	vs NYY	5.1	6	1	0	5	5.66