SAN DIEGO, CA - AUGUST 21: Joe Musgrove #44 of the San Diego Padres reacts at the end of the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies on August 21, 2021 at Petco Park in San Diego, California. (Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images)
Before Jameson Taillon’s recent hot streak, I published a column calling the Yankees’ decision to trade for the righty when current Padres ace Joe Musgrove was also on the block the “biggest mistake” of Brian Cashman’s offseason.
Taillon proceeded to make me eat my words — and delightfully so.