What Teams did Joe Musgrove play for? What necklace does Joe Musgrove wear?

Joseph Anthony Musgrove is an American professional baseball pitcher currently plying his trade with the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). His previous teams are the Toronto Blue Jays, Houston Astros, and Pittsburgh Pirates organizations.

Musgrove attended Grossmont High School in El Cajon, where he emerged as a strong two-way player during his junior season.

As a pitcher in 2010, Musgrove boasted an 11–1 win–loss record with five saves, a 2.07 earned run average (ERA), and 70 strikeouts in 77+2⁄3 innings pitched.

As a batter, he also had a .430 batting average, with nine home runs and 35 runs batted in (RBIs).

The following year, his record fell to 7–5, but Musgrove recorded a 2.40 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 78+2⁄3 innings, while hitting .350 with nine home runs and 32 RBIs.

After being selected by the Blue Jays in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft, Musgrove chose to forgo his previous commitment to play college baseball for San Diego State, instead signing with the team.

On April 9, 2021, Musgrove pitched the first no-hitter in the Padres’ 52-year franchise history.

At the time he achieved this feat, MUsgrove was spotted wearing a particular necklace, a cornicello.

In 2017, Musgrove spoke about the necklace, saying;

“My favorite gift was my Italian horn [when he was 14], and I still wear it to this day.

“It’s a gold chain with a gold pendant that has an Italian horn on it. It’s a tradition in the Italian community that this horn is supposed to protect you from the evil eye.

“It’s something to protect you from people giving you bad juju and putting their curse on you. That’s something that has to be given to you by a family member, someone very close to you.

“It’s not something you can go out and buy for yourself or give to yourself. It has to be given to you by a family member, and my dad had one, my mom had one growing up and I always wanted one of my own really bad, and I’ll never forget when I got my horn and my chain.

“I haven’t taken it off to this day.”