LHP Harrison Musgrave got promoted from Modesto to AA New Britain on Thursday, per the Cal League webpage. Musgrave was last week’s Cal League Pitcher of the Week and leads the circuit with 10 wins, ranks fifth with 83 strikeouts and is tied for the second-lowest WHIP at 1.10. Joe Cortez of the Modesto Bee has a nice writeup on Musgrave’s promotion:
MODESTO NUTS LEFT-HANDER MUSGRAVE EARNS PROMOTION TO AA NEW BRITAIN OF EASTERN LEAGUE
MLB VETERAN HAPP OPTIONED TO BAKERSFIELD
In a move involving some wheeling-and-dealing leading up to the MLB All-Star break, LHP J.A. Happ was optioned to the Bakersfield Blaze by the Seattle Mariners on Thursday. Happ had a rough outing for the Mariners on Wednesday, lasting only four innings against Detroit, and it was the latest in a string of starts that has seen Happ go 1-4 with his ERA rising to 4.14 after a pretty solid beginning to the season.
