BRADENTON, Fla. -- Set back at the start of Spring Training, Joe Musgrove is making progress on the mound and confident he will be ready to break camp in the Pirates' rotation.
Musgrove, who has not yet pitched for the Pirates this spring, is planning to work three innings against Minor League hitters at Pirate City on Friday. The controlled environment of a back-field outing will allow the Pirates to manage Musgrove's workload more directly than they could in a Grapefruit League game.
"I don't think there's anything that is going to hold me back unless something were to pop up in the next couple weeks here," Musgrove said.