Bob Melvin has hinted at Joe Musgrove starting home opener; Mike Clevinger, Blake Snell likely to be split up
Manager Bob Melvin made the announcement Thursday. And while he declined to lay out the rest of the rotation, he again hinted at having Joe Musgrove start the Padres’ home opener.
Musgrove, who led Padres starters in virtually every statistical category in 2021, starting the third game of the season at Arizona would line him up to start the first game at Petco Park, April 14 against the Braves.Splitting up Darvish and Musgrove also allows the Padres to slot in Mike Clevinger between them, as Clevinger will be limited in how much he throws early while working back from Tommy John surgery.
Melvin prefers a five-man rotation but has not ruled out using six starters early. More likely is his “piggybacking” a would-be starter in at least the first couple games started by Clevinger and/or Snell, who is behind other starting pitchers in his progression. Snell will make his first Cactus League start Thursday and is expected to work no more than three innings or around 40 pitches. His next start would likely be the Padres’ spring training finale on Tuesday.
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