{"id":17665,"date":"2025-05-11T04:23:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T04:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/17665\/"},"modified":"2025-05-11T04:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T04:23:08","slug":"al-west-notes-trout-wesneski-kirby-gilbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/17665\/","title":{"rendered":"AL West Notes: Trout, Wesneski, Kirby, Gilbert"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Angels superstar Mike Trout<\/a> first went on the injured list<\/a> just over a week ago due to a bone bruise in his left knee, Trout expressed optimism that he would be able to return after a minimum stay. He\u2019s eligible to be activated on Sunday, but that optimistic ultimately will not come to pass. Trout told reporters (including Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com<\/a>) that while he\u2019s resumed swinging a bat with no issues, he has yet to begin running.<\/p>\n

The good news is, that could change fairly soon. Trout indicated that he\u2019ll be traveling with the Angels to San Diego for their upcoming series against the Padres this week, and there\u2019s \u201ca good chance\u201d\u00a0that he\u2019ll start running on that road trip. Trout added that the pain he was feeling in his knee that led to the IL stint has now dissipated, and the veteran is encouraged enough by the progress that a return in the somewhat near future seems to be on the table, though an exact timeline won\u2019t be able to be established until Trout resumes running.<\/p>\n

Obviously, the face of the Angels franchise returning to the field will be a key factor in whatever hopes the club may have of clawing its way back into the AL playoff picture. A strong start to the 2025 campaign for the Halos has largely been snuffed out at this point, as they own a lackluster 15-22 record and are currently sitting in fifth place in the AL West. Even side from the odds of playoff baseball in Anaheim, however, Trout\u2019s return to action would be reason for celebration for fans all around the game. A slam-dunk Hall of Famer who was on track to become one of the greatest players in history just a few years ago, Trout has appeared in just 295 games since the start of the 2021 season and will be looking to have his first mostly-healthy campaign since 2022 once he returns from the injured list.<\/p>\n

More from around the AL West\u2026<\/p>\n

Astros\u00a0right-hander Hayden Wesneski<\/a> went on the injured list yesterday due to discomfort<\/a> in his right elbow. It\u2019s an ominous diagnosis that resulted in the righty being sent for imaging, but manager Joe Espada told reporters (including The Athletic\u2019s Chandler Rome<\/a>) this afternoon that while Wesneski\u2019s MRI showed inflammation in his elbow, the club felt that they \u201ccouldn\u2019t get a good read of what\u2019s going on.\u201d Espada added that the club\u2019s plan is now to give Wesneski a few more days of rest in hopes that the inflammation will calm down before trying to reassess the situation and decide on next steps. It\u2019s an update that offers little clarity on Wesneski\u2019s path forward, much less a timetable for his return. The right-hander pitched to middling results in six starts for Houston this year after being acquired from the Cubs as part of the Kyle Tucker<\/a> trade, with a 4.50 ERA in 32 innings of work.
\nThe Mariners are without co-aces George Kirby<\/a> and Logan Gilbert<\/a> at the moment. Kirby has yet to pitch this year after beginning the season on the shelf due to shoulder inflammation, while tightness in Gilbert\u2019s forearm shut him down near the end of last month. Seattle GM Justin Hollander told reporters (including Daniel Kramer of MLB.com<\/a>) yesterday that Kirby would make one more rehab start after today\u2019s outing with Triple-A Tacoma. That would put him in line to be activated at some point during the club\u2019s upcoming road trip, perhaps either against the White Sox or the Astros. Gilbert, meanwhile, is further from a return given that he\u2019s still just playing catch. Hollander did suggest, however, that the righty could resume throwing off the mound in the coming days. Emerson Hancock<\/a> and Logan Evans<\/a> are filling in for Kirby and Gilbert in the club\u2019s rotation in the meantime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Angels superstar Mike Trout first went on the injured list just over a week ago due to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,465,1432,466,603,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-17665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-george-kirby","10":"tag-hayden-wesneski","11":"tag-logan-gilbert","12":"tag-mike-trout","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114487296287389367","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}