{"id":386657,"date":"2026-07-25T23:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/386657\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T23:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T23:36:12","slug":"houston-astros-hayden-wesneski-nearing-return-to-majors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/386657\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Astros: Hayden Wesneski nearing return to majors"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO\u00a0\u2014 After making his fifth rehab start Friday in his recovery from Tommy John surgery, Houston Astros<\/a> right-hander Hayden Wesneski<\/a> appears on the brink of returning to the majors, though in what role is unclear.<\/p>\n

Wesneski threw 4 \u2153 innings and 80 pitches in his outing Friday for Triple-A Sugar Land, allowing two hits and two walks and striking out seven. The one run he allowed was unearned.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s shown that he\u2019s ready to join the major-league club,\u201d Astros manager Joe Espada said Saturday at Rate Field. \u201cWe\u2019re having those discussions to see when and in what capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

With starter Spencer Arrighetti landing on the injured list Saturday<\/a> due to right foot nerve irritation, it would seem a possibility the Astros fill that rotation spot with Wesneski.<\/p>\n

That spot would be due again Wednesday, however, unless the\u00a0Astros plug in a sixth starter in their upcoming series against the Angels. Whether they would want Wesneski to make his first start back in the majors on four days\u2019 rest may be a question.<\/p>\n

Wesneski made each of his minor-league rehab starts on at least five days\u2019 rest. The right-hander, who made six starts for Houston last season before surgery, also has major-league experience pitching from the bullpen.<\/p>\n

The Astros are already carrying one erstwhile starter, Cristian Javier, in a bullpen role<\/a>. They will need to add at least one pitcher to the rotation during the series in Anaheim. Wesneski would be stretched out, at least, after reaching 80 pitches Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHICAGO\u00a0\u2014 After making his fifth rehab start Friday in his recovery from Tommy John surgery, Houston Astros right-hander…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-386657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}