Following a strong, but injury shortened, 2018 season, expectations were high for Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Joe Musgrove entering 2019. Musgrove start the 2018 season on the disabled list and did not make his season debut until late May, but he would go on to make 19 starts for the Pirates in what became a career year for the righty.
In his first season with the Pittsburgh Pirates after coming to the team from the Houston Astros in the Gerrit Cole trade, Musgrove logged a career high 115.1 innings in 2018. His 19 starts were a career high as well.