Joe Musgrove made his long-awaited return to the mound for the San Diego Padres when they faced off against Team Great Britain in an exhibition game at the Peoria Sports Complex on Wednesday. If was not a perfect day for Musgrove or the Padres for that matter, but they both performed well enough to see the game end in a 2-2 tie. What got lost in all the hype about Musgrove’s first game-action since 2024 was a stellar four innings of work from Randy Vasquez. He threw four innings and allowed just one hit and struck out three. Manager Craig Stammen said earlier in spring camp that Vasquez was the front runner for the No. 4 spot in the rotation but would not commit to it. Vasquez seems to have accepted the indirect challenge to take the position and appears to be doing just that based on his solid spring season.
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Stammen was asked by the media if he saw Fernando Tatis Jr. hitting leadoff for the Dominican Republic and he admitted that he had, stating Tatis could hit leadoff for the Padres. While that has not been the case to this point in Spring Training, Stammen reserves the right to change his mind and based on Tatis’ performance in the WBC exhibition games with the Dominican Republic, that may not be a bad idea.
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