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Joe Musgrove will bring his bullpen mentality into the Pirates' rotation

BRADENTON, Fla. — In the hot and cold tubs at Pirate City the other day, Joe Musgrove found himself talking with a new teammate about the World Series. The 25-year-old righty had helped the Astros, who were in the process of losing 107 games when the Toronto Blue Jays traded Musgrove to Houston, win the first Series in franchise history, a championship that helped a hurricane-ravaged city heal.

Musgrove had one regret.

“If I could do it over again, one thing I would do is try to soak in more of the experience itself,” Musgrove said. “There’s so much going on, there’s so much excitement and it is a blast, but there’s that level of competitiveness.