His parents own and operate a coffee shop in the San Diego suburb of Alpine, Calif. ... the shop saw an unprecedented amount of business following Joe's historic no-hitter on April 9, 2021 at TEX...Following the no-hitter, he was handsomely rewarded with a lifetime supply of beer from Ballast Point Brewing, and he collaborated with Resident Brewing to create his own beer, the No-No Joe Double IPA...Had a mural painted of him at Grossmont High School in San Diego's East County, where he was a 2011 graduate...he pitched and played first base, going 7-5 with a 2.40 ERA (27 ER, 78.2 IP) and 100 strikeouts in 14 games as a senior...also hit .350 (36-for-103) with nine home runs and 32 RBI... was part of the offensive and defensive line on the football team...His first tattoo was an interlocking "S" and "D" set inside a baseball on his left arm with "est. 1992" underneath...his grandmother, Lucy Papitto, was not fond of the decision...Joe reminded her of that in a FaceTime call the day he officially became a member of the Padres and 10 years after he got that ink, he pulled up his sleeve for her and said with a smile, ¡°I told you it would play out.¡±... His favorite player growing up was Padres pitcher Jake Peavy, and he wears No. 44 in his honor.
2023
Reached double digit wins for the third consecutive season with SD, going 10-3 with a 3.05 ERA (33 ER, 97.1 IP) across 17 starts...Began the season on the 15-Day IL after dropping a 35-pound kettle bell and fracturing left big toe on Feb 27 in the Peoria Sports Complex weightroom during Spring Training ¡ it was his first non-COVID trip to the IL since the 2020 season and his first as a Padre...Made two rehab outings for SD's minor league affiliates...on April 6 @ Sacramento for Triple-A El Paso, he allowed two ER across 4.1 IP, striking out six while hitting three batters...he suffered a setback in the outing, attempting to barehand a comebacker, then threw off-balance to first base and landed awkwardly...an MRI on his shoulder came back clean, but he received a cortisone injection and was shut down for a couple of days...on April 10 for Single-A Lake Elsinore @ Inland Empire on April 16, he allowed four ER across 5.0 IP with eight SO...Reinstated from the 15-day IL and made his season debut on April 22 @ ARI, tossing 5.0 innings of three-run ball in SD¡¯s 5-3 victory ¡ he struck out six and walked none, and on the season, he walked one-or-fewer in 13 of his 17 starts ¡ his 5.3 BB% was the second-best mark of his career (4.7% in ¡¯18 w/ PIT) and ranked in the 90th percentile among all ML hurlers...Allowed season highs in ER (seven) and HR (three) in his second start of the season on April 29 at Estadio Alfredo Harp Hel¨²'s 7,349 feet of elevation in Mexico City, but did not factor into SD¡¯s 16-11 victory vs. SF ¡ it was one of just two games he allowed multiple HR (also: July 23 @ DET) ¡ his 0.92 HR/nine IP rate was a career-best mark, ahead of his 0.94 HR/9 IP clip in 2018 w/ PIT...Tagged with the loss in two of his next three outings (vs. LAD, @ LAD & vs. BOS) from May 2-20, receiving just a combined five runs of support while posting a 4.60 ERA (eight ER, 15.2 IP), 1.53 WHIP and .250 AVG against...Across his next 10 starts from May 26 to July 18, he went 8-0 with a 1.76 ERA (12 ER, 61.1 IP), 0.96 WHIP and .228 opponents¡¯ AVG...He was quality in 11 of his final 12 starts of the season from May 26 to July 28 ¡ during the stretch, he ranked first among all qualifying hurlers in wins (nine), win percentage (.900) and run support average (8.35), second in ERA (1.84), fourth in HR/nine IP (0.49), sixth in SO/BB ratio (6.00) and T-seventh in WHIP (1.00)...On July 9 vs. NYM, he posted his 23rd career outing with zero HR and zero BB allowed across at least 5.0 IP ... since his 2016 debut season, the 23 such outings are fifth-most in the Majors, behind Clayton Kershaw (36), Zack Greinke (33), Kyle Hendricks (29) and Gerrit Cole (25) ... when he posts such an outing, he has a record of 14-2 (.875 winning %) and his teams have gone 17-6...12 of the 23 outings have come as a member of the Padres since '21...Posted his 10th quality outing of the campaign on July 23 @ DET (6.0 IP, seven H, three ER) but snapped a streak of 10 consecutive starts in between losses, his first losing decision since May 20 vs. BOS...In his final start on July 28, he faced off against TEX for the first time since hurling SD¡¯s first and only no-hitter in franchise history in the club's 8,206th game ¡ he twirled his ninth consecutive quality outing, tied with Blake Snell for the longest quality outing streak in the Majors in ¡¯23 ... it was also the second-longest quality outing of his career behind only his 12 consecutive quality outings to begin the 2022 season. More than half of his starts (nine) in ¡®23 came against AL opponents, going 6-2 with a 2.70 ERA (16 ER, 53.1 IP), 1.07 WHIP and .240 AVG against ¡ among the 42 hurlers who have made at least 15 Interleague starts since the start of ¡¯21 (Joe¡¯s first season w/ SD), he ranks third in ERA (2.13), fourth in WHIP (0.92), T-fourth in wins (nine), T-sixth in AVG against (.204) and seventh in H/nine IP (6.66)...Placed on the 15-day IL (right shoulder capsule inflammation) on Aug. 4 before being transferred to the 60- day IL on Sept. 30, ending his season...Had nearly identical ERAs in his 10 home starts (3.04) vs. his seven road starts (3.07)...He is one of nine pitchers who have made at least 40 career starts in Petco history (including Postseason), and Joe ranks first in ERA (2.68) and winning percentage (.654), T-second in WHIP (1.09), fifth in SO/9 IP (9.87) and sixth in opponents¡¯ AVG (.222) in downtown SD history. Continued his career reverse-splits trend, limiting LHH to a .216 clip (42-194) while RHH batted .281 (48-171) ¡ his .588 OPS vs. LHH was eighth-lowest among all ML right-handers (min. 200 batters faced)...Per Statcast, relied on six pitches: 4-seam fastball (24.5%), curveball (23.9%), cutter (20.4%), slider (14.5%), changeup (11.4%) and sinker (5.4%)...Ranked in the 84th percentile and above in chase % (99th, 35.5%), BB % (5.3%), xERA (3.16), barrel % (5.1%) and hardhit % (33.5%). His 35.5 chase rate in '23 was a career high, led all NL hurlers and trailed only TOR¡¯s Trevor Richards (37.5%) ¨C min. 300 PA...Since the start of '22, he has the fifth-highest spin rate on breaking balls (2,767 rpm) among all NL pitchers (min. 1,500 pitches), trailing only Charlie Morton (3,079 rpm), Seth Lugo (3,054 rpm), Corbin Burnes (2,796 rpm) and Yu Darvish (2,767).
2022
In his second full season with the Padres, the San Diego native joined rotation-mate Yu Darvish as the two hurlers to make 30 starts in '22...it's the 3rd time in his career he's reached the 30 start plateau (also: 2019 w/ PIT and '21 with SD)...he finished with 181.0 IP, 0.1 inning shy of his career-high 181.1 in ¡®21...the 10 winning decisions were also one shy of his career-high 11 in ¡¯21 and in '19 w/ PIT....He became the first pitcher in ML history to post an 8-0 record (or better) with an ERA of 1.60-or-lower and 80+ strikeouts over his first 12 appearances of a season....Over his final 18 starts, he went 2-7 with a 3.97 ERA and 103 strikeouts. ...Musgrove's run support average (runs scored while he's in the game) was a full 3.0 runs higher in his first 12 starts (5.92) from April 9-June 16 compared to his final 18 starts (2.91) from June 23-Oct. 3....Musgrove was the only starter in the Majors in ¡®22 to have their team win their first eight starts of the season...NYY was 7-0 through Luis Severino's first seven starts...Musgrove now owns the second-longest such streak in SD history, passing Tim Lollar (seven in 1982) and Dennis Rasmussen (seven in ¡®88)...the Padres' 12 straight wins to begin the 1985 season in Andy Hawkins' starts is the franchise record....After his 7.0 innings of 2-run ball on June 16 @ Wrigley Field, he became just the seventh ML pitcher (and it was the ninth instance) since '94 a pitcher began a season with 12+ quality starts...his 12 consecutive QS were second-most in franchise history at any point during a season, trailing Tyson Ross' 14 in a row in 2014 from June-Sept....Following his June 30 start @ LAD, he became just the 3rd pitcher since 2018 to start a season with 8 consecutive road starts of 6.0+ IP & 3 ER-or-fewer, joining Shane Bieber (2020) and Justin Verlander (2018)...the last hurler to have more than 8+ such road starts to begin a season was Max Scherzer's 14 in 2013....Became the only SD hurler to ever have 2 ER-or-fewer across 6.0+ IP in 12 straight starts at any point during a season, and his 12 straight such outings were most in the NL in '22, trailing only TB's Shane McClanahan's 13 straight such starts from May 11-July 26....He posted a career-high 21 quality starts, which ranked T-8th in the Majors and T-4th in the NL with MIL's Corbin Burnes and ATL's Max Fried...the Padres led the NL with 84 quality starts, 10 behind HOU's 94 for most in the Majors...it was nine more quality outings than the next-closest NL team (PHI's 75)....He tossed at least 6.0 innings in 22 of his 30 starts, tied with STL's Miles Mikolas for the eighth-most 6.0+ inning starts in the Majors in ¡¯22....Faced more lefties (403) than righties (337) and posted reverse splits, limiting LHH to a .203/.275/.346 slash line while righties slashed .254/.295/.425....He averaged 94.5 pitches per game, 10th-most in the NL among all qualifying pitchers...with Yu Darvish's 99.0 pitches per game ranking 3rd-most, SD joined STL (Wainwright and Mikolas) as the only 2 NL staffs with two hurlers inside the top 10 in pitches per game....Among all pitchers who have thrown at least 350.0 regular season innings in SD history, his 1.09 WHIP at the end of 2022 ranked 3rd (362.1 IP), behind only rotation-mate Yu Darvish (1.02 WHIP in 361.0 IP) and Trevor Hoffman (1.04 in 952.1 IP)...his 3.06 ERA ranked 8th in SD history (min. 350 IP)....His 2.84 ERA (63 ER, 200.0 IP) was the 3rd-lowest ERA in Petco Park history among all hurlers who made at least 30 starts in downtown San Diego from 2004-22, trailing only Jake Peavy's 2.75 ERA (184 ER, 602.0 IP) and Andrew Cashner's 2.76 ERA (96 ER, 313.0 IP)...since joining the Padres in 2021, he posted a 3.23 ERA (63, 175.2 IP) in his 29 road starts (30 app)....He also finished 2022 ranked T-6th in Petco Park history in opponents' AVG (.224 - min. 30 starts)...in his 30 road appearances (29 starts) from 2021-22, he had a .216 opponents' AVG....On June 3 at MIL, No No Joe came within four outs of throwing the 2nd no-hitter in franchise history ¡ª just 206 games (and 39 starts by him) ¡ª after he threw the first no-no in the franchise's 8,206th game....He earned his 1st-career All-Star selection and pitched a scoreless inning for the NL in the Midsummer Classic on July 19 at Dodger Stadium...he struck out Andres Gimenez and Aaron Judge, while walking Shohei Ohtani & getting Alejandro Kirk out on a ball hit softly to second...following the outing, Musgrove said: "It was a blast, man...I got the shakes a little bit coming out of the bullpen. It's been a while since I've had that. ¡ But I just went out there and tried to throw as hard as I could."...On Aug. 1, inked a five-year extension through the 2027 season...during the press conference, Musgrove said: ¡°There¡¯s so much uncertainty in where you might end up in your career....It¡¯s kind of the last thing you expect to get to come back and play in your hometown and especially at a time when there¡¯s an opportunity to compete for a championship.¡±...On Aug 26 @ KC, he posted his shortest outing of the campaign (3.2 IP) and his 2nd-shortest outing as a Padre, trailing only his 3.0 IP on April 25, 2021 @ LAD....Got the win on Aug. 31 at SF, marking an 11-start span in between winning decisions from June 23-Aug. 26...he struck out a season-high 11 batters, his 2nd-double digit strikeout game of the season (also: June 30 @ LAD), and it was the 9th double-digit punchout game of his career....He did not allow a HR on Aug. 31 at SF, putting an end to his streak of allowing a HR in a career-high 7 straight appearances from July 24-August 31....Allowed a career-high-tying three HR in his next start on Sept. 6 at ARI¡it was his 5th career start allowing three HR and his first since July 25, 2019 vs. STL (w/ PIT)...allowed a career-high.tying 22 HR on the season (also: 2021)....Earned his 10th win of the season on Sept. 17 @ ARI, tossing 6.0-shutout innings of four-hit ball with eight strikeouts and no walks in SD's 2-0 victory...it was his 4th career outing tossing 6.0-shutout IP with no walks allowed and eight-or-more SO, with all four of those outings coming as a Padre since '21....His 6.0 scoreless innings in the Sept 17 start @ ARI contributed to the Friars' 31.2 scoreless innings by SD starters from Sept. 16-22...it was the longest scoreless streak by a starting staff in the Majors in ¡®22, and it was 1.2 IP shy of the club record (33.1 IP from July 28-Aug 1, 1984)....The Padres allowed just one run in four games from Sept. 17-21, the first club to allow no more than 1 run over a 4-game span while striking out 40+ batters in MLB history....His 86.4 mph average exit velocity ranked in the 90th percentile and led all SD hurlers...his 32.5 hard hit percentage also led all SD hurlers and ranked in the 88th percentile...his fastball had a 2,559 rpm spin rate and ranked in the 98th percentile....Per Statcast, Musgrove relied on six pitches: Slider (24.4%), 4-Seam Fastball (24%), Cutter (19.4%), Curveball (19.1%), Sinker (6.8%) and Changeup (6.3%)¡ranked in the 98th percentile in fastball spin rate (2,559 rpm), which ranked fifth overall among all Major League four-seamers....In his first two seasons as a Padre from 2021-22, he threw breaking balls 47.6% of the time, the highest breaking ball percentage in the NL and second-highest in the Majors (min. 5,000 total pitches), behind only CWS' Dylan Cease (51.5%).
POSTSEASON: Entered the 2022 Postseason having made 7 relief appearances, which all came with HOU during the Astros¡¯ 2017 World Series run¡made the first starts (3) of his Postseason career in SD¡¯s run to the NLCS, going a combined 1-1 with a 2.89 ERA (6 ER, 18.2 IP). ...Made his first career Postseason start in the decisive Game 3 of the Wild Card series vs. the Mets, and became the first pitcher in MLB Postseason history to toss 7.0 scoreless innings with 1 or 0 hits allowed in an elimination game...he allowed just two baserunners (one hit and one walk) in SD's 6-0 win....He also became one of five pitchers in SD history¨C and it¡¯s now happened eight times overall ¨C to throw 7.0 innings-or-more in a Postseason game, joining Yu Darvish (Oct. 7, 2022 at NYM and Oct. 18 vs. PHI) , Andy Ashby (Oct. 7, 1998 vs. ATL), Kevin Brown (3x, including a CG shutout on Oct. 8, 1998 vs. ATL) and Ed Whitson (Oct. 4, 1984 vs. CHC.)....Helped send the Padres to their first NLCS since 1998 and the franchise¡¯s first-ever NLCS action at Petco Park with 6.0 innings of six-hit, two-run ball in SD's 5-3, Game 4 victory over LAD on Oct. 15....Tagged with his first career Postseason loss in Game 3 of the NLCS at PHI, allowing four runs on eight hits and two walks in SD¡¯s 4-2 defeat....He tossed 101 pitches in Game 4 of the NLDS vs. LAD and 100 on Game 3 of the NLCS at PHI, owning two of the nine 100+ pitch outings in Padres¡¯ Postseason history...Kevin Brown threw 100+ pitches five times in '98...Chris Young did so once in 2006, and Darvish threw 101 pitches in G1 of the Wild Card Series on Oct. 7 @ NYM
2021
Led the Padres staff and set career highs in a variety of categories, including innings pitched (181.1), strikeouts (203) and ERA (3.18)¡also tied his career high and led the SD staff in both wins (11) and games started (31)...Among all SD hurlers with at least 150.0 IP in a season, his 10.08 SO/9 IP ratio is the 2nd-highest clip in franchise history, trailing only Yu Darvish's 10.77 SO/9 in ¡®21...prior to ¡®21, the two highest SO/9 clips were Andy Benes (9.87 in 1994) and Tyson Ross (9.73 in 2015)...His 1.08 WHIP is T-6th lowest in SD history with 3 (min. 150.0 IP), and lowest since Jake Peavy¡¯s 1.06 WHIP in ¡®07...On April 9 @ TEX, he tossed the 1st no-hitter in Padres history in the club's 8,206th game¡a native from El Cajon, he became the 6th pitcher since 1900 to toss a no-hitter for a team from the state where he was born, joining Jered Weaver (LAA), Kevin Gross (LAD), Nolan Ryan (TEX), Terry Mulholland (PHI) and Dave Stewart (OAK)...With two outs in the 4th inning, he hit batter Joey Gallo, and otherwise, he did not allow a walk, and the Padres defense did not commit an error...in the Modern Era (since 1900), Musgrove is the 5th pitcher in MLB history to miss out on a perfect game because of a hit batsman...The Padres had thrown 30 one-hitters, and the longest no-hit bid in Padres history had been 8.2 innings (Steve Arlin on July 18, 1972)...It was just his 2nd start with SD, making him the 8th pitcher in the Modern Era with a no-hitter in one of his 1st two starts with a team, and he's the 1st pitcher to do it since Clay Buchholz on Sept. 1, 2007, in his second start for BOS...He threw 62 breaking balls, the most in a no hitter since Edwin Jackson's in 2010 vs. TB for ARI... Jackson threw 149 pitches while walking eight...Musgrove threw a career-high 112 pitches and walked no one...His next start came at PNC Park against his former team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the only damage came on a 2nd inning Gregory Polanco HR...it snapped a ML-leading 32.0 scoreless-inning streak dating back to the 3rd inning of his 3rd to last start as a Pirate in ¡¯20...He made two starts and went 2-0 during the Padres¡¯ 9-0 perfect homestand from April 14-23, tossing a combined 12.0 innings of one-run ball, striking out 16 and walking four... his 2 H/11 SO/0 BB outing on May 19 vs. COL followed Darvish¡¯s four H/10 SO/zero BB performance on May 17 vs. COL two days later, marking the 1st series in SD history in which 2 starters threw 7.0 innings while allowing four hits-or-fewer with zero BB and 10+ SO...On May 30 @ HOU, he made his 1st relief app. since March 31, 2019 @ CIN, snapping a streak of 49 consecutive starts...he was one of two pitchers in the majors in ¡¯21 (also: CWS¡¯ Reynaldo Lopez) and the 1st pitcher in SD history to make a relief app. of at least 5.0 IP without allowing a hit or a BB....he did plunk a batter, just like he did in his no hitter...He tossed four consecutive quality starts for the 4th time in his career from July 23-Aug. 9¡tossed a career-high five straight QS twice (once in 2018 and once in '19)¡his 15 quality starts were the most by a Padre starter since ¡®17 when Jhoulys Chacin and Luis Perdomo each had 16...Five of his seven career double-digit SO games took place in ¡¯21, with the final one coming on July 29 vs. COL...Tossed his second 9-inning complete game shutout of the season on Aug. 27 @ LAA, becoming the first SD hurler with two complete game shutouts in a season since Andrew Cashner in ¡®14...he was also one of just four pitchers in the majors in ¡®21 to throw two 9-inning complete game shutouts, joining Anthony DeSclafani, Zack Wheeler and Max Fried (who threw his 2nd Sept. 24 vs. SD)...Limited RHH to a .194 AVG (63-325), the lowest opponents¡¯ AVG vs. righties in the NL and the 3rd-lowest in the majors (min. 350 batters faced), behind only Carlos Rodon (.175) and Jose Berrios (.193) ...His 3.97 overall run support AVG was 7th-lowest among all qualifying ML pitchers and 6th-lowest in the NL...in his 31 starts, he received no runs of support six times, one-or-fewer 13 times, two-or-fewer 17 times and three-or-fewer 23 times...Had a 3.44 ERA on the road in his 16 app. (15 starts) and a 2.92 ERA in 16 starts @ Petco...including his two starts @ Petco while w/PIT in 2018-19, his 2.81 career ERA at Petco is the 6th-lowest in Petco Park history (min. 18 GS from 2004-21)...Used 6 pitches: Slider (28%), Curveball (24%), 4-Seam Fastball (20%), Cutter (19%), Sinker (5%) and Changeup (5%)...Opponents hit .160 against his slider...his 4-Seamer had a 2597 rpm spin rate, ranking in the top 1% of the league...He threw the most breaking balls (1,514) in MLB and his 51.5 % breaking ball usage was 3rd-highest in MLB, behind Clayton Kershaw (62.7%) and Shane Bieber (57.1%)...Named the SD's representative for the Roberto Clemente award, the annual recognition of a ML player who bests represents the game of baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field.
2020
The Pirates Opening Day starer made 8 appearances all starts) and went 1-5 with a 3.86 ERA (17 ER, 39.2 IP) with 55 strikeouts to just 16 walks... Led the staff in strikeouts and posted career highs in SO/9 IP ratio (12.48) SO/9 IP and opponent AVG (.226, 33-for-146)...Among all ML pitchers (min. 8 starts) his 68.3 first-pitch strike % ranked 2nd behind Clayton Kershaw (69.7%)...Placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 11 (retro: Aug. 9) with right triceps inflammation...threw 2.0 IP of ¡°live BP¡± in Altoona (AA) on Aug. 27 before being reinstated on Sept. 2...Fanned a career-high 11 batters on Sept. 20 vs. STL, becoming the first Pirates pitcher to have back-to-back starts in the same season with at least 6.0 IP, zero runs and 10-or-more strikeouts...Though he claimed his sole win of 2020 in his last start of the season on Sept. 26 at CLE, he received just 12 runs of support in the campaign, the fewest of any NL pitcher who made 8-or-more starts...Received just 4 runs of offensive support while he was on the mound in his first 8 starts before the Pirates scored him 8 in his final outing... Finished the season with 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings, the longest such streak on the team and T-6th longest in the NL.
2019
Set career highs in games, innings pitched, starts and strikeouts...Led the Pittsburgh staff in starts, innings pitched and strikeouts...Due to a rainout, made his season debut in relief on 3/31 at Cincinnati and retired all six batters he faced in 2.0 scoreless innings of work - his first big league relief outing since 9/28/17 with Houston...Made his first start on 4/5 vs. Cincinnati and tossed 7.0 scoreless innings for the win...Did not allow an earned run in his first 18.1 innings of work...Lined out to center field as a pinch hitter on 4/19 vs. San Francisco...Had a bunt single as a pinch hitter on 5/4 vs. Oakland...Walked a career-high five batters and gave up eight runs in 3.0ip while suffering loss on 5/9 at St. Louis...Gave up 15 runs (13 earned) in back-to-back starts on 5/3 and 5/9, raising season ERA from 1.54 to 4.20...Threw 75 pitches and gave up one hit in 7.0 scoreless innings while winning his second game on 5/14 at Arizona...Won his second straight start on 5/19 in his hometown of San Diego (6.1ip/4r/3er)...Served as a pinch runner and scored a run on 5/28 at Cincinnati...Gave up three home runs in his start on 5/30 vs. Milwaukee; had surrendered just two homers in 59.0ip prior to the start...Pinch hit against Milwaukee's Josh Hader on 6/1 (struck out)...Pitched a career-high 8+ innings on 6/5 vs. Atlanta; also had two hits at the plate...Was ejected by home plate umpire Brian Gorman for "being the aggressor" after clipping Josh Donaldson on the 18th pitch of the game in the first inning on 6/10 at Atlanta...Made his next start in game four of the series in Atlanta on 6/13, marking the first time since Joe Gibbon in 1963 in which a Pittsburgh pitcher made two starts in a series (August 9 in the first game of a doubleheader vs. Houston and then again on August 11 in the fourth game of that five-game series)...The last Pirate to start twice in a four-game series was Bob Friend, who started the first and last games of a four-game set against the Phillies on September 7 and 9, 1956...Pinch ran and scored a run on 6/18 vs. Detroit...Pitched in Houston for the first time since winning Game 5 of the 2017 World Series and tossed 6.0 scoreless innings for the win...Served as a pinch runner on 6/28 at Milwaukee...Struck out as a pinch hitter to end the game on 7/5 vs. Milwaukee...Collected his first Major League RBI on 7/7 vs. Milwaukee...Pitched a career-high 16.0 consecutive scoreless innings from 6/21 to 7/7...Gave up one unearned run in 6.0ip while winning his seventh decision on 7/20 vs. Philadelphia...Served as a pinch runner again on 7/22 vs. St. Louis...Struck out as a pinch hitter on 7/28 at New York...Tied career high (second time) with nine strikeouts in 7.1ip on 8/16 vs. Chicago...Pinch ran and scored winning run in walkoff win on 8/23 vs. Cincinnati...Tripled off Jeff Samardzija on 9/12 at Oracle Park; the first triple for a Pittsburgh pitcher since Brian Burres on 5/29/10...Made final start - and the 100th appearance of his big league career - on 9/26 vs. Chicago and picked up the win (6.0ip/2er)...Went 8-for-51 (.157) with two doubles, a triple and three RBI at the plate (went 1-for-6 as a pinch hitter)...Posted a 3.73 ERA (82.0ip/34er) in 16 games on the road and a 5.09 ERA (88.1ip/50er) in 16 games at home.
2018
Saw limited action in spring training due to shoulder discomfort...Threw 92 pitches in 6.0 innings of action against the GCL Pirates in Bradenton on 3/31...Was placed on the 10-day disabled list on 4/2 (retro to 3/30) due to a right shoulder muscle strain...Threw a 25-pitch bullpen session on 4/19 and a 35-pitch session on 4/22...Took part in a simulated game at PNC Park on 4/25; threw 37 pitches... Made a rehab appearance with Bradenton on 5/1 and gave up five hits and two runs in 3.0 innings (36 pitches)...Had rehab transferred to Double-A Altoona on 5/6 and made start there on 5/7 vs. Bowie (4.0ip/2h/1r/1er/0bb/4os); threw 28 of his 34 pitches for strikes...Pitched 5.2 innings of no-hit ball and struck out six batters while winning his first rehab start with Triple-A Indianapolis on 5/12, throwing 60 of his 79 pitches for strikes...Suffered a loss in his second start with Indy on 5/18 at Durham (5.0ip/10h/6r/6er/2bb/5so - 96 pitches)...Went 1-2 with a 4.58 ERA (17.2ip/9er) in his four rehab starts...Was recalled from rehab and reinstated from the D.L. on 5/25; made his first start with the Pirates that night vs. St. Louis and pitched 7.0 scoreless innings for the win (67 pitches)...Also singled off John Gant for his first Major League hit on 5/25...Gave up one run in 7.0ip and threw 100 pitches while winning his second start on 5/20 vs. Chicago (NL); also collected his second hit with a single off Kyle Hendricks...Went 0-3 with a 7.45 ERA (19.1ip/16er) in his next four starts thru 6/23...Started in front of close to 100 family members and friends in his hometown of San Diego on 6/29 and pitched 7.0 scoreless innings for the victory; also went 1-for-2 with a sac bunt at the plate...Went on the 10-day D.L. on 7/3 (retro to 6/30) with a right index finger infection... Was reinstated on 7/10 and started that night vs. Washington; struck out a career-high nine batters but lost a 5-1 decision (6.0ip/2er)...Collected first career extra-base hit (double) on 8/6 at Colorado off lefty Kyle Freeland...Served as a pinch-runner on 8/20 vs. Atlanta...Threw 21 straight strikes to begin the game on 8/30 at St. Louis; the most by any Major League pitcher since 1988 when pitches were first tracked...Struck out eight batters in his win on 9/4 vs. Cincinnati (6.1ip/2er)...Was shut down for the season after making his final start on 9/17... Was diagnosed with a stress reaction on the front of his pelvic bone and an abdominal wall muscle strain...Pitched at least 6.0 innings in 14 of his 19 starts and at least 7.0 innings eight times; went 5-2 with a 1.75 ERA in those eight games...Had surgery on 10/19 to repair the abdominal wall and to help the stress reaction heal (surgery performed by Dr. Craig Smith in Los Angeles, CA).
2017
Made his first career Opening Day roster as Houston's No. 4 starter in the rotation...Made his first 15 appearances as a starter and went 4-8 with a 6.12 ERA (78.0ip/55er) and .306 opponent batting average against...Made his final 23 appearances in relief and went 3-0 with a 1.44 ERA (31.1ip/5er) and a .196 opponent batting average against...His 1.44 ERA as a reliever ranked tied for third among A.L. relievers with at least 30.0ip...Was scored upon in just four of his 23 relief outings...Tossed 7.0 scoreless innings and threw a season-high 102 pitches in a 2-0 victory vs. Baltimore on 5/26...Was on the disabled list with right shoulder discomfort between 5/27 and 6/12...Struck out a season-high seven batters on 6/18 at Boston... Was optioned to Fresno on 6/23 and made lone Triple-A start on 6/29 vs. Albuquerque...Was recalled on 7/5 and made two starts before moving to the bullpen...Was scoreless in a careerbest 12.1 consecutive innings over nine games between 8/2-25... Recorded first two career saves in back-to-back appearances on 9/16 vs. Seattle and 9/20 vs. Chicago (AL)...Made seven total appearances during the post season...Was the winning pitcher in Game Five of the World Series against the Dodgers; pitched a scoreless 10th inning in Houston's 13-12 victory...Went hitless in five at bats as a batter during the regular season.
2016
Made his Major League debut in August, pitching in 11 total games in the Majors while making 10 starts down the stretch run...struck out 55 batters in his 62.0 innings, while walking 16 for a 2.32 walks per 9.0 innings ratio...threw five quality starts, while three of his last four starts were quality starts...posted a 3-1 record with a 1.75 ER (7ER/36IP) and 37 strikeouts in six games (five starts) at home...compiled 147.1 innings pitched between the Majors (56.2) and minor leagues (85.1), by far a career high...increased his innings total in five consecutive seasons: 2012 (17IP), 2013 (32.2IP), 2014 (77IP), 2015 (100.2IP)...began the season at Double A Corpus Christi before getting a promotion to Triple A Fresno on May 13...was recalled from Triple A on Aug. 1 for his first career stint in the Major Leagues...made his Major League debut on Aug. 2 vs. TOR against his former organization... tossed 4.1 scoreless innings of relief, allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out eight in a 2-1 Houston loss...set a Major League record for strikeouts by a reliever in a Major League debut...also set a franchise record for most scoreless relief innings in a Major League debut, which was previously held by RHP Jose Cisnero (3.2IP in 2013)...made his first career Major League start on Aug. 7 vs. TEX, tossing 7.0 innings of one-run ball while striking out six with no walks...became the third pitcher since 1913 to record at least six strikeouts with no more than one walk in each of his first three appearances in the Majors...the only other two to do it were RHP Johnny Cueto (2008) and RHP Masahiro Tanaka (2014)...his 21 strikeouts over his first three games in the Majors marked the third-most in club history behind RHP J.R. Richard (29 in 1971) and RHP Tom Griffin (26 in 1969)...on Sept. 21 at OAK, carried a no-hitter into the 6th inning, ultimately allowing one run in 5.1 innings in a 2-1 Astros win...went 7-4 with a 2.74 ERA (26ER/85.1IP), 87 strikeouts and 10 walks in 16 games (14 starts) between Triple A and Double A...was the starting pitcher for the U.S. Team in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and tossed a perfect 1st inning in front of his hometown crowd at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif...went 2-1 with a 0.68 ERA (1ER/26.1IP), three walks and 30 strikeouts in six games (four starts) at Double A Corpus Christi to begin the season...was the Hooks April Pitcher of the Month...was leading the Texas League in ERA prior to his promotion to Triple A...went 5-3 with a 3.81 ERA (25ER/85.1IP) in 10 starts at Triple A.
2015
Was named the Astros Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 12-1 with a 1.88 ERA (21ER/100.2IP), eight walks and 99 strikeouts in 19 games (14 starts) across three levels in the Astros system (Double A, Class A Advanced Class A)...led all of minor league baseball in strikeout to walk ratio (12.38), which was also the highest mark by a minor league pitcher since at least 2006...was named an MiLB.com Organization All-Star...posted the fourth-best ERA among all minor league pitchers...began the season at Class A Quad Cities where he went 4-1 with a 0.70 ERA (2ER/25.2IP) in five games (3 starts), striking out 23 and walking one...was named the River Bandits April Pitcher of the Month after posting the fifth-lowest April ERA in the Midwest League (0.87)...was promoted to Class A Advanced Lancaster on May 9, and ended up going 4-0 with a 2.40 ERA (8ER/30IP), one walk and 43 strikeouts in six games (4 starts) at the level...was tabbed the JetHawks Pitcher of the Month for May after going 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA (8ER/24IP) during the month...finished the season at Double A Corpus Christi, going 4-0 with a 2.20 ERA (11ER/45IP), six walks and 33 strikeouts in eight games (7 starts) with the Hooks.
