Angels place lefty Yusei Kikuchi on injured listing – NBC Los Angeles

The Los Angeles positioned left-hander Yusei Kikuchi on the 15-day injured listing Sunday with shoulder irritation and bought the contract of lefty Tayler Saucedo from Triple-A Salt Lake.

Kikuchi, 34, was faraway from his highway begin towards the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday after throwing one warmup pitch earlier than the third inning. He was initially recognized with shoulder tightness.

An MRI was completed on Kikuchi’s left shoulder Friday, with common supervisor Perry Minasian suggesting that additional outcomes are pending.

“He’s bought some shoulder stuff, some soreness, so we’re simply ready to see the way it progresses,” Minasian stated earlier than Sunday’s sequence finale towards the New York Mets. “He’s getting checked out, he’ll get checked out once more and we’ll go from there.”

An All-Star for the second time final season, his first with the Angels, Kikuchi had been adjusting the arm slot on his supply this season as he went 0-3 with a 5.81 ERA in seven begins. He was 7-11 final season with a 3.99 ERA over 33 begins.

In eight seasons with the Seattle Mariners (2019-21), Toronto Blue Jays (2022-24), Houston Astros (2024) and Angels, the Japan native is 48-61 with a 4.50 ERA over 206 appearances (194 begins).

Saucedo, 32, is ready to make his Angels debut. In 5 seasons with the Blue Jays (2021-22) and Mariners (2023-25), he’s 5-2 with a 4.36 ERA over 148 reduction appearances. He was 0-1 with a 4.30 ERA in 12 reduction appearances with Salt Lake.