Joe Musgrove was scratched from his scheduled start Sunday against the Brewers and won't pitch again this season after he was diagnosed with a stress reaction on the front of his pelvic bone, the Pirates announced Saturday night.
The right-handed starter was also diagnosed with an abdominal wall strain and the injuries will require six weeks of rest, allowing Musgrove to begin his normal offseason workouts on time. Right-hander Nick Kingham will start the Pirates' series finale Sunday against the Brewers and Musgrove's other scheduled start, Friday in Cincinnati.
Musgrove, 25, made 19 starts in his first season with the team and was twice placed on the disabled list, the first of which prevented him from making his first start until May 25. He told reporters following the Pirates' 3-0 win Saturday night that he first experienced the discomfort in his final start before the All-Star break and has been pitching through the pain ever since.
"My last start before the All-Star break is kind of when I started feeling this," he said. "Got some pills in me, some medicine to try to take advantage of the rest we had over the break. ... Over the course of the last two months it’s kind of gotten progressively worse. With two starts left to go in the season, I don’t feel like I’m at the point where I can’t go out and pitch, but it is bothering me. It is affecting my delivery a little bit."
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