TEMPE, Ariz. -- Albert Pujols joined Mike Trout for some on-field batting practice in one of the backfields of the Tempe Diablo Stadium complex at around 10:30 a.m. MT on Sunday, by which point Shohei Ohtani had already left the facility altogether. Pujols and Ohtani reside in noticeably different stages of their respective rehabs, but they are intrinsically tied together.
Once Ohtani is ready to hit in a regular-season game -- a circumstance that isn't expected to occur until the start of May, at the earliest -- Pujols must be ready to play more first base.