Joe Musgrove

Musgrove was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round of the 2011 Major League Baseball draft out of Grossmont High School in El Cajon, California. He signed with Toronto, forgoing his commitment to play college baseball at San Diego State University. He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Blue Jays where he was 0-1 with a 4.57 ERA in eight games (seven starts) and also pitched in one game for the Bluefield Blue Jays. He started 2012 with Bluefield. \n', ' On July 20, 2012, Musgrove was traded from the Blue Jays to the Houston Astros with Francisco Cordero, Ben Francisco, Asher Wojciechowski, David Rollins, Carlos Pérez and a player to be named later (Kevin Comer) in exchange for J. A. Happ, Brandon Lyon, and David Carpenter.\n', ' After the trade, Musgrove was assigned to the Greeneville Astros. In 17 total innings pitched between Bluefield and Greeneville, he was 0-1 with a 4.24 ERA. He spent 2013 with the Gulf Coast Astros where he pitched to a 1-3 record and 4.41 ERA in 11 games (three starts), and 2014 with the Tri-City ValleyCats, where he compiled a 7-1 record and 2.81 ERA in 15 games (13 starts). Musgrove started 2015 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks and Corpus Christi Hooks throughout the season. In 19 games (14 starts) between the three clubs, Musgrove was 12-1 with a 1.88 ERA. The Astros added him to their 40-man roster after the season. He began 2016 with Corpus Christi and was promoted to the Fresno Grizzlies in May.\n', '