MLB Trade Rumors
11:33am CDT
TODAY: The trade is official. The Padres get Musgrove, the Mets get Lucchesi, and the Pirates receive the five prospects (Rodriguez, Head, Cruz, Fellows, and Bednar).
JANUARY 18, 5:47pm: This is a three-team trade, according to FanSided’s Robert Murray, who reports that the Mets will acquire Lucchesi. The Pirates will get catcher/outfielder
5:18pm: The Padres have agreed to acquire right-hander
Joe Musgrove from the Pirates, Jeff Passan of ESPN tweets. The Pirates will receive “a large package of prospects,” potentially including outfielder
This is the fourth significant trade for a starter in recent months for the Padres, who first acquired righty
The San Diego Padres continued to acquire front-line starting pitching from the trade market, landing Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Joe Musgrove on Monday in
PIRATES SEND MUSGROVE TO PADRES IN THREE-TEAM DEAL By Jake Slebodnick
Jan 18, 2021 7:59 PM
The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded starting pitcher Joe Musgrove to the San Diego Padres as part of a three-team trade, pending physicals.
The news broke shortly after 6:15 p.m. Monday evening by ESPN Insider Jeff Passan and was confirmed in a tweet by Ken Rosenthal shortly after 7 p.m., where he added the third team involved was the New York Mets.
Musgrove, a San Diego native, went 1-5 with a 3.86 ERA in just 39.2 innings pitched in the abridged 2020 season. In exchange for Musgrove, the Pirates will get outfielder Hudson Head and pitchers David Bednar, Drake Fellows and Omar Cruz.