Tag: Joe Musgrove
Grossmont High School alumnus Joe Musgrove is coming home to play professional baseball.
Musgrove, 28, was acquired by the San Diego Padres in a three-team trade with the New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates on Jan. 19 involving seven players. He joins a team he grew up rooting for as a teenager. His family held season tickets beyond right field.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates can almost be called Team San Diego with five players from the region on their roster this summer.
Two are from East County: Grossmont High School graduates Joe Musgrove and Steven Brault, both pitchers.
Infielder Phil Evans (La Costa Canyon), pitcher Trevor Williams (Rancho Bernardo) and shortstop Kevin Newman (Poway) all hail from North County.
The Pirates are no...
