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Blazers guard CJ McCollum has fracture in left foot

(AP) — Trail Blazers showed a hairline fracture to
guard CJ McCollum has a the lateral cuneiform.
hairline fracture in his left It was unclear when he
foot, the team said. was injured but it appeared
that Atlanta's Clint Capela
McCollum will wear a walk- stepped on his foot following
ing boot and be reevaluated a layup in the opening quar-
in four weeks. He was in- ter. The Blazers went on to
jured Saturday during a game win the game 112-106.
against the Atlanta Hawks.
Rodney Hood took Mc-
McCollum was averaging Collum's place in Monday's
a career-best 26.7 points, as game against the San Anto-
well as five assists, per game nio Spurs, finishing with 21
when he got injured. points in Portland's 125-104
loss.
McCollum's injury is the lat-
est to befall the Blazers. Cen- Nurkic was averaging 9.8
ter Jusuf Nurkic fractured his points and 7.7. assists before
wrist during a game last week he was injured. Enes Kanter
against the Indiana Pacers has started in his absence.
and is out indefinitely.
The Blazers are also missing
In his eighth NBA season, forward Zach Collins, who
McCollum was first thought is expected to be out several
to have a sprain but the months after ankle surgery in
team said additional imaging December.

Padres bring Musgrove home in 3-team trade with Bucs, Mets

(AP) — The San Diego Padres nia, joins a rotation that includes Yu dres still have seven players listed on Musgrove and South Korean slugger
brought right-hander Joe Mus- Darvish and Blake Snell, who were Baseball America’s top 100 prospects Kim Ha-seong to a core of players led
grove to his hometown team obtained in blockbuster trades after list released Monday, the most in the by Tatis and Machado are expected
Tuesday, adding yet another Christmas. majors. They were able to hold on to make the Padres one of the best
starting pitcher in a seven-player to top prospects MacKenzie Gore, a teams in the majors — perhaps good
trade involving the Pittsburgh Musgrove heads from a Pirates team left-hander who could make his big enough to end the Dodgers’ eight-
Pirates and New York Mets. that had the worst record in the ma- league debut in 2021, and shortstop year reign as NL West champions.
jors during the pandemic-shortened C.J. Abrams.
The Padres, who believe they can 2020 season to a Padres club that The Pirates hoped Musgrove would
contend for the World Series title, ended a 13-year playoff drought and Musgrove, Pittsburgh’s opening day be part of a starting rotation that
will send major league reliever David believes it can make a deep postsea- starter in 2020, went 1-5 with a 3.86 would carry the club after the de-
Bednar and three prospects —out- son run in 2021. ERA last season, striking out 55 in 39 parture of Cole and 2013 NL Most
fielder Hudson Head, left-hander 2/3 innings. The 28-year-old made a Valuable Player Andrew McCutchen.
Omar Cruz and right-hander Drake Anchored by a star-studded infield prorated $1,037,037 of a $2.8 million The athletic Musgrove went 6-9 with
Fellows — to the Pirates. As part of with Fernando Tatis Jr. at shortstop salary, then avoided arbitration last a 4.06 ERA in 2018 and 11-12 with
the agreement, the Padres will send and Manny Machado at third base, week when he and the Pirates agreed a 4.44 ERA in 2019, one of the few
left-hander Joey Lucchesi to New San Diego won a wild-card series to a $4.45 million salary for 2021. constants on a team that plummeted
York, and the Pirates will receive against St. Louis before being swept He can become a free agent after the during the second half that season,
catcher Endy Rodríguez from the out of the NL Division Series by the 2022 season. leading to a massive leadership over-
Mets. rival Los Angeles Dodgers, who went haul.
on to win the World Series. Musgrove won a World Series ring
Musgrove, who played at Grossmont with Houston in 2017 before be- With Pittsburgh general manager
High in suburban El Cajon, Califor- Even after the three big deals, the Pa- ing sent to the Pirates in the trade Ben Cherington in the midst of a
that sent Gerrit Cole to the Astros in full reset focused on replenishing the
January 2018. Musgrove was the win- team’s talent pool — he traded star
ning pitcher in Game 5 of the World first baseman Josh Bell to Washing-
Series against the Dodgers. ton on Christmas Eve — Musgrove
was one of the few major league trade
The Padres needed to beef up their chips available. He now gets a home-
rotation after running out of starters coming with a team coming off its
in the playoffs, and then losing Mike first playoff berth since 2006.
Clevinger to Tommy John surgery.
Clevinger and Dinelson Lamet both Lucchesi is likely to compete for a
came out of their final regular-season spot at the back of New York’s rota-
starts with elbow injuries. Clevinger tion behind two-time NL Cy Young
came back for the NLDS opener, Award winner Jacob deGrom, Carlos
but his injury forced him out in the Carrasco, Marcus Stroman and Da-
second inning of a 5-1 loss. Lamet vid Peterson. The Mets also expect
missed the playoffs entirely but has to have Noah Syndergaard back from
avoided surgery. Tommy John surgery some time after
May.
Although the Padres say they are en-
couraged by Lamet's offseason work- The 27-year-old Lucchesi made 56
outs in the Dominican Republic, they starts for San Diego over 2018 and
won't get a clear picture until spring ’19 but struggled in limited duty last
training. season. He made two starts and one
relief appearance, going 0-1 with a
The additions of Darvish, Snell, 7.94 ERA.