Baseball injury updates

Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.

Sean Manaea, Nick Madrigal and Frankie Montas, Mets

Manager Carlos Mendoza said on Feb. 24 that Manaea has been diagnosed with a right oblique strain and will likely miss Opening Day. More >

Madrigal dislocated his left shoulder during a Grapefruit League game on Feb. 23. Mendoza said that an MRI had revealed a fracture in the shoulder, and that Madrigal would be "out for [a] long time." More >

Mendoza said on Feb. 17 that Montas has a high-grade lat strain and will be shut down for six to eight weeks. More >

Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Bobby Miller, Evan Phillips and Michael Kopech, Dodgers

Ohtani (right elbow surgery, left shoulder surgery) is slated to return as a two-way player for the first time since joining the Dodgers. He began an offseason throwing program in December and has since resumed hitting, with the expectation that he will be ready as a hitter on Opening Day and as a pitcher sometime in May. He threw 25 pitches in a bullpen session on Feb. 22 and faced live pitching for the first time on Feb. 23. More >

Freeman, who had surgery in the offseason on his right ankle after playing hurt during the postseason, tested the ankle on the field for the first time on Feb. 20, and the reports were positive. He expects that he'll be ready to go for the season opener against the Cubs in Japan on March 18. More >

Miller is in concussion protocol after being struck on the head by a line drive during his appearance in the Dodgers' Cactus League opener against the Cubs on Feb. 20. He resumed playing catch on Feb. 24. More >

Phillips (right shoulder injury) and Kopech (right forearm inflammation) arrived at camp in Glendale "a little behind schedule" and could begin the season on the injured list, though manager Dave Roberts said that would depend on how they're able to build up over the next couple of weeks. More >

Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge, Yankees

Stanton has been unable to resume baseball activities due to pain in both elbows, which has prompted a trip to New York for further consultation and testing. Manager Aaron Boone has described Stanton��s issue as ��akin to tennis elbow,�� but recent developments suggest it may be a more significant concern. More >

Boone said on Feb. 20 that Judge will not play in his first Grapefruit League game of the spring until around March 1, so as not to rush the superstar slugger into game action following a lengthy postseason that ended in a five-game World Series loss to the Dodgers. Boone said there are no injury concerns with Judge. More >

Wyatt Langford, Rangers

Langford has a ��mild oblique strain,�� manager Bruce Bochy announced ahead of the team's Cactus League opener against the Royals on Feb. 21. Bochy said the plan is to keep Langford out of baseball activities for five to seven days and then see how he is. More >

Ronald Acu?a Jr. and Spencer Strider, Braves

Acu?a, who is recovering from a torn right ACL last year, won't be ready for Opening Day, but he is hopeful he will be back in the lineup soon after. He is currently taking batting practice and running at what he considers 90% of his normal speed, but he's still a few weeks away from further testing his knee with cutting drills. More >

Strider (elbow surgery) has been throwing bullpen sessions and may be allowed to pitch in at least one game before the end of Spring Training. His next step may be facing live hitters soon. If he doesn't encounter any setbacks, he could rejoin Atlanta's rotation by the end of April. More >

Kutter Crawford and Brayan Bello, Red Sox

Crawford is dealing with discomfort in the patellar tendon of his right knee, something he dealt with from his third start of last season onward. Manager Alex Cora said "it looks like" Crawford won't be ready for Opening Day.

Bello has been dealing with inflammation in his right shoulder since the start of camp. More >

Heliot Ramos and Tom Murphy, Giants

Ramos is dealing with a mild oblique issue that will likely sideline him for the first week of Cactus League games. More >

Murphy (mid-back disk herniation) received an epidural injection for the back issue on Feb. 24, which will shut him down for a few weeks and put his availability for Opening Day in doubt. More >

Javier Assad and Nico Hoerner, Cubs

Assad (mild left oblique strain) is in the early phases of a throwing program after being shut down from throwing until his symptoms subsided. Manager Craig Counsell has expressed optimism that the righty will not be out long.

Hoerner underwent flexor tendon surgery on his right forearm in October and may not be ready for Opening Day. He has started light hitting in the batting cage and is in the early stages of a throwing program. More >

Blake Perkins, Brewers

The Brewers expect Perkins to be sidelined until at least mid-April and perhaps into May due to a right shin fracture. More >

Alex Cobb and Javier B��ez, Tigers

Cobb (right hip inflammation) played catch on Feb. 21 for first time since receiving a platelet rich plasma injection in his hip. He likely won't be ready by Opening Day.

B��ez is progressing well in his recovery from right hip surgery last fall, and he is on track to be ready for game action later this spring. More >

Rhett Lowder and Andrew Abbott, Reds

Lowder is behind schedule in Spring Training after experiencing right elbow soreness in January. He is being handled carefully and might not be in Cincinnati's rotation on Opening Day. More >

Abbott came into camp behind other Reds pitchers as he still is working through the left shoulder problem that prematurely ended his 2024 season. More >

Lance McCullers Jr., Astros

McCullers, who underwent flexor tendon surgery on his right arm in 2023, suffered a setback in his recovery process last year and hasn't thrown a pitch in a Major League game since the 2022 World Series. He has thrown in the bullpen seven times so far this spring, and he could face hitters within the next couple of weeks. If all goes well, he could pitch in a Grapefruit League game before the end of Spring Training. More >

Weston Wilson, Phillies

Wilson suffered an oblique strain while swinging in the batting cage on Feb. 21. He will miss six weeks, taking him out of the running for the team��s final bench job. More >

Kyle Wright and James McArthur, Royals

Wright, who missed the entire 2024 season rehabbing from right shoulder surgery, suffered a right hamstring strain during a recent bullpen session. He's able to play catch, but he will be set back at least a week in his progression.

McArthur (right elbow surgery) has begun a throwing program, but his rehab is expected to go through Spring Training and into the regular season. More >

Trevor Rogers and Jorge Mateo, Orioles

Rogers will miss the start of the season after suffering a right knee subluxation in January.

Mateo (left UCL reconstruction surgery) is likely to open the season on the injured list, though he could get into Grapefruit League action late in Spring Training. More >

Spencer Horwitz, Pirates

Horwitz, whom the Pirates acquired in a trade with the Blue Jays with the intention of making him their everyday first baseman, is expected to miss six to eight weeks after undergoing right wrist surgery. More >

Ha-Seong Kim, Rays

Kim underwent right shoulder labrum surgery in October while on the Padres. He is throwing, hitting and fielding ground balls. He could make his Rays debut around May. More >