{"id":390021,"date":"2026-07-29T02:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390021\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T02:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T02:18:09","slug":"hayden-wesneski-houston-astros-starter-to-return-vs-la-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/390021\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Wesneski: Houston Astros starter to return vs. LA Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANAHEIM, Calif. \u2014 The Houston Astros<\/a> plan to activate Hayden Wesneski<\/a> to start Wednesday\u2019s game against the Angels, manager Joe Espada said, marking the right-hander\u2019s return from Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be nervous, it\u2019s going to be a good time,\u201d Wesneski said Tuesday at Angel Stadium. \u201cI\u2019m excited about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Astros will plug Wesneski into the rotation spot vacated by Spencer Arrighetti\u2019s placement on the injured list<\/a> due to right foot nerve irritation. Wesneski will be on four days\u2019 rest since his last Triple-A rehab start, in which he threw 4 1\/3 innings and 80 pitches.<\/p>\n

Espada said the Astros will \u201ckeep an eye on\u201d Wesneski in his season debut. He will rejoin the rotation shortly after Ronel Blanco<\/a>, who had elbow surgery in early June 2025, resulting in the two navigating rehab at a similar pace.<\/p>\n

Wesneski made five minor-league rehab starts over the past month, including the last three at Triple-A. Over those 20 innings, he walked four batters and struck out 21, which he cited as a positive regarding pitch execution.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stuff has felt good,\u201d Wesneski said. \u201cThere\u2019s times it feels inconsistent, but for the most part I\u2019ve thrown a lot of strikes, which is the biggest deal. I\u2019m spinning it well. Little inconsistencies here and there, but I feel like for having five starts and the amount of strikes I\u2019ve thrown for the most part, I feel like I\u2019ve commanded the ball pretty well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Astros are hoping Blanco and Wesneski can bolster a rotation that entered Tuesday with the majors\u2019 third-highest ERA. Ineffectiveness and injuries have reduced their rotation depth, and general manager Dana Brown has stated that outfield help is Houston\u2019s top priority<\/a> before the Aug. 3 trade deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANAHEIM, Calif. \u2014 The Houston Astros plan to activate Hayden Wesneski to start Wednesday\u2019s game against the Angels,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-390021","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\/390021","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=390021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}