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Musgrove closes book on solid rookie season
- Updated: October 2, 2016
ANAHEIM — Rookie right-hander Joe Musgrove admitted he was “bummed out” by not being able to make his final start of the season this weekend against the Angels, especially considering he had tons of family and friends coming up from his home in the San Diego area to watch him possibly pitch.
Once the Astros fell out of contention on Thursday, they shut down Musgrove after he threw a career-high 147 1/3 innings combined between the Minor Leagues and the Majors.
Musgrove, who split his season between Double-A Corpus Christi and Triple-A Fresno before being called up, struck out eight batters in 4 1/3 innings of relief in his Aug. 2 debut and then made 10 starts, going 4-4 with a 4.06 ERA overall, walking 16 and striking out 55 in 66 innings.
“It was definitely a really beneficial year from a learning standpoint,” he said. “Getting a chance to get up here and kind of earn the respect of some of the guys and show the guys that I’m able to compete at this level was important to me. Getting out there and going …
