San Diego Padres, Joe Musgrove Close in 5-Year $100 Million Deal

SAN DIEGO – All-Star Right Joe Musgrove He is about to secure a $100 million, five-year contract from his hometown of San Diego Padres, which begins next year.

“We’ve been working on this thing for a while,” Musgrove said after the Padres’ win over the Minnesota Twins 10. “We’re definitely as close as we’ve been throughout the whole process, but I wouldn’t say it’s over.” 1 friday night.

Two people familiar with the deal said that before the match it should be completed in the next few days. The people spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal was not completed.

Musgrove said his agent “made it easy for me” by taking the brunt of negotiations during the season, “and then we’d talk at night and go over what the options are, what they look like, what the numbers would look like if we got there, right?

“It was relatively easy,” Musgrove added. “It was exhausting.” “I’m going to keep getting over it and stuff. It got a little tired to talk about it, but I was excited about the whole thing. The better I put in a show, the better I positioned myself. If a deal comes along, even better.”

The deal was first reported by the New York Post.

Musgrove will be the first player in Padres history to win a $100 million contract, according to ESPN Stats & Information research.

Musgrove, who came off the first All-Star game of his seven-year career, is 8-3 with a 2.63 ERA heading into his scheduled home start against the Twins on Saturday. He earned a salary of $8,625,000 and was on his way to being eligible for free agency after the World Championships.

The two sides talked about the All-Star game but couldn’t get anything done.

“We didn’t get as many contacts during those two days as we wanted, so we spent the next two days trying to make up some things. The conversations went really well. We definitely got a lot closer,” Musgrove said.

Musgrove grew up in the suburb of El Cajon and played at Grossmont High. He dug himself into the Padres lore when he threw the first no hitter in franchise history in his second start for San Diego, Texas on April 9, 2021. That was in the 8206 team’s regular season game.

He grew up as a Padres fan and his family once had season tickets. He represented Jake Peavy, who won the NL Cy Young Award with the Padres in 2007, and wears No. 44 in Peavy’s honor. When he was 18, he got a baseball tattoo with the Padres logo on it, along with his last name and year of birth.

Musgrove was acquired from Pittsburgh on January 19, 2021, as part of a three-team trade. He is 48-50 years old with 3.83 ERA in his career.

Musgrove said it would be “very exciting” to stay in San Diego for another five years.

“When I first came here, just the idea of ​​staying in San Diego was enough for me. Playing in my hometown, with my family here, and my friends, to experience and live all the things I dreamed of as a kid,” he explained. “But the more time I spend here, the more it becomes about the people in the room, the staff, and the growth I’m having here. So the group of people makes it more appealing from the fact that it’s my hometown.”

Mention his teammates Mane Machado And the Fernando Tates Jr.. Specifically, the idea of ​​playing alongside these stars for five or more years “is something that has been very appealing to me.”

Bob Melvin, Padres’ manager, who has rotated until Musgrove starts opening the house this year, said he’d like to see the contract expire “and so does everyone else. He’s become that guy for us, where he’ll be welcome to not only us or the players, but certainly the city, too.”

Musgrove was selected by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round of the 2011 Amateur Draft and traded to Houston in July 2012, making his league debut with the Astros in 2016. He won Game 5 of the 2017 World Series, which he won Astros in seven games against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Astros traded him with Pittsburgh in January 2018 as part of a deal Gerrit Cole.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.