
Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.
Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr., Jake Cronenworth and Joe Musgrove, Padres
Merrill was placed on the 10-day injured list on April 8, retroactive to April 7, with a right hamstring strain.
Tatis and Cronenworth both left the Padres' April 8 game against the Athletics with apparent injuries. Tatis exited before the bottom of the fifth inning with what manager Mike Shildt called left shoulder discomfort. Cronenworth left in the third inning due to cramps that Shildt said were a result of being hit by a pitch on April 6.
Musgrove (Tommy John surgery recovery) played catch from 60 feet on April 7 and will continue doing so for the time being.
Victor Robles, Mariners
The results of an MRI taken on Robles' left shoulder revealed that a dislocation caused by his acrobatic catch in San Francisco on April 6 led to a small fracture in his shoulder, the club announced on April 8. If Robles can recover without surgery, the fracture is expected to heal in about six weeks, at which point he would need a rehab schedule of about six more weeks.
Wyatt Langford and Josh Jung, Rangers
Langford left the Rangers' April 8 game in Chicago with right side tightness and will undergo an MRI on the morning of April 9.
Jung (neck spasms) was activated from the IL on April 8.
Pablo López, Royce Lewis and Brooks Lee, Twins
López was removed from the Twins' April 8 game in the fifth inning due to right hamstring tightness.
Lewis (left hamstring strain) started his running progression on April 5, but he's still at least a few weeks away from being activated.
Lee (lower back tightness) began a rehab assignment with Single-A Fort Myers on April 6.
Jeff McNeil, Francisco Alvarez, Sean Manaea and David Peterson, Mets
McNeil (right oblique strain) and Alvarez (fractured left hamate bone) are both scheduled to begin Minor League rehab assignments this week, according to manager Carlos Mendoza on April 8. Alvarez will begin his rehab assignment with Single-A St. Lucie on April 9. McNeil will enter an extended spring training progression for a few days, before beginning his own rehab assignment later this weekend.
Manaea (right oblique strain) suffered a setback in his rehab and has yet to resume throwing as of April 8.
Peterson left his start on April 6 against the Blue Jays in the fifth inning after experiencing nausea and blurred vision. He's scheduled to make his next start on April 12.
Connor Wong, Lucas Giolito, Liam Hendriks and Masataka Yoshida, Red Sox
Wong (left pinkie fracture) was placed on the 10-day IL on April 8.
Giolito (low-grade left hamstring strain) was supposed to make his second rehab start for Triple-A Worcester on April 8, but the game was postponed, pushing back his outing to April 9.
Hendriks (right elbow inflammation) threw his first post-injury bullpen session on April 7 and is expected to start a Minor League rehab assignment by the weekend of April 11-13.
Yoshida (right shoulder labrum tear/sore back) has progressed to throwing at 110 feet and swinging the bat daily. When he may begin a rehab assignment is still undetermined.
Spencer Arrighetti, Astros
Arrighetti was struck by a ball during batting practice on April 7 and suffered a right thumb fracture.
Reynaldo López, Braves
López underwent a clean-up procedure on his injured right shoulder on April 8. He had no structural damage. He'll be shut down from throwing for 12 weeks before being re-evaluated.
Tyler Soderstrom, Athletics
Soderstrom was removed late in the Athletics' April 8 game against the Cubs with right calf tightness.
Blake Snell, Clayton Kershaw and Freddie Freeman, Dodgers
Snell (left shoulder inflammation), who was placed on the 15-day IL on April 6 after soreness prevented him from completing a bullpen session, will be shut down from throwing until April 14. No medical intervention is planned beyond rest.
Kershaw (left toe/left knee surgery) is facing hitters but reports his arm being ahead of his foot in terms of his recovery process.
Freeman is expected back at the beginning of the Dodgers' next homestand, which starts on April 11 against the Cubs, after aggravating his surgically repaired right ankle by slipping in the shower.
Lane Thomas, Guardians
Thomas is day to day after suffering a right wrist contusion when he was hit by a pitch in the fifth inning April 8 against the White Sox.
Zach Eflin, Grayson Rodriguez and Albert Suárez, Orioles
Eflin has a low-grade lat strain and will be shut down from throwing for a week, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said April 8. Eflin will be placed on the injured list.
Rodriguez (right elbow inflammation) was slated for a bullpen session on April 7.
Suárez was transferred to the 60-day IL on April 7 after being diagnosed with a Grade 2 right subscapularis strain and is expected to be sidelined for at least a few months.
Mark Canha, Alec Marsh and Kyle Wright, Royals
Canha left the Royals' April 8 game against the Twins in the sixth inning with left hip soreness, an inning after an awkward tumble in left field while attempting to catch a fly ball at the warning track.
Marsh (right shoulder soreness) suffered a minor setback on April 3 and has been shut down for 10 days, with plans for re-evaluation April 14.
Wright (mild right hamstring strain/right shoulder) is scheduled for his first game in extended spring training in Arizona on April 10.
Cody Bellinger, Giancarlo Stanton, Clarke Schmidt and DJ LeMahieu, Yankees
Bellinger was scratched from the starting lineup against the Tigers on April 8 due to an illness.
Stanton (torn tendons in both elbows) has been hitting off a high-velocity Trajekt machine and is “feeling significantly better.”
Schmidt (right shoulder fatigue) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on April 5, striking out seven in an impressive start. He's scheduled for one more rehab start before re-joining the Yankees.
LeMahieu (left calf strain) said on April 8 that he expects to begin a rehab assignment this weekend.
Iván Herrera, Cardinals
Herrera is expected to miss about four weeks with a bone bruise on his left knee.
Ranger Suárez, Phillies
Suárez (lower back stiffness) is scheduled to pitch three innings April 10 with Single-A Clearwater in his first rehab start.
Daulton Varsho and Max Scherzer, Blue Jays
Varsho (right rotator cuff surgery) will begin throwing from the outfield to bases later in the week of April 8, which is a critical step, and remains on track to return later in April.
Scherzer (right thumb inflammation) resumed throwing on April 7 and is still feeling some "lingering tightness" in his thumb but said that is purely related to the cortisone shot he recently received.
Matt McLain, Tyler Stephenson, Alexis Díaz, Andrew Abbott and Austin Hays, Reds
McLain (left hamstring tightness) was placed on the 10-day injured list on April 8 after being out of the lineup for four straight days.
Stephenson (left oblique strain) received good news from an MRI on April 7 and is expected to resume baseball activities.
Díaz (left hamstring strain) will make at least two more rehab appearances with Triple-A Louisville.
Abbott (left shoulder) reported feeling good after making his second rehab start for Louisville on April 6 and was scheduled to throw a bullpen on April 8.
Hays (left calf strain) will report to Triple-A Louisville and potentially begin a rehab assignment on April 10.
Kendall Graveman and Kevin Ginkel, D-backs
Graveman (back tightness) and Ginkel (right shoulder inflammation) were scheduled to throw bullpens on April 8.
Brandon Woodruff, Tobias Myers and Nestor Cortes, Brewers
Woodruff (right shoulder surgery) threw another simulated game on April 7, and manager Pat Murphy said he would decide on April 8 if Woodruff is ready for a rehab assignment with Triple-A Nashville.
Myers (left oblique discomfort) is tentatively scheduled for rehab starts with Triple-A Nashville on April 8, April 13 and April 18 before potentially rejoining the Major League rotation.
Cortes was placed on the 15-day IL with a left elbow flexor strain on April 6, retroactive to April 4.
Andrew Benintendi, White Sox
Benintendi exited early on April 6 with left adductor tightness and was out of the lineup on April 7.
Jake Rogers, Manuel Margot, Gleyber Torres, Matt Vierling and Alex Cobb, Tigers
Rogers (left oblique tightness) and Margot (left knee inflammation) were placed on the 10-day injured list on April 8.
Torres (left oblique strain) will continue a hitting progression this week, including facing high-velocity pitches from a machine. He could potentially return without a rehab assignment.
Vierling (right rotator cuff muscle strain) has been cleared to begin a return-to-play throwing program as of April 8.
Cobb (right hip inflammation) threw a bullpen session on April 5 and another on April 8. He's set to return to the Tigers' Spring Training facility in Lakeland, Fla., to begin facing hitters.
Edward Cabrera, Connor Norby and Jesús Sánchez, Marlins
Cabrera (right middle finger blister) is expected back this week after making his second rehab start on April 6.
Norby (left oblique strain) is swinging off the velocity machine, taking ground balls and throwing without any problems. He is also doing intense running.
Sánchez (left oblique strain) took three at-bats against live pitching on April 8 and hit a home run.