Injuries: Cease, Bregman, Judge, Dodgers, Red Sox
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Dylan Cease, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Trey Yesavage and Shane Bieber, Blue Jays
Cease, who has been managing shoulder fatigue, will not make his next start as scheduled on Sept. 23. The Blue Jays are awaiting results of a Sept. 19 MRI before making any further decisions about a regular season return.
Guerrero left the Blue Jays' Sept. 20 game with left lower back tightness.
Yesavage (left meniscus surgery) is expected to return to start on Sept. 21 against the Orioles.
Bieber (right teres major inflammation) was scheduled to throw a side session on Sept. 19. He is not expected to return during the regular season but is building up in hopes of being available if the Blue Jays reach the postseason.
Alex Bregman, Cubs
Bregman left the Cubs' Sept. 20 game after being struck on the face by a foul ball while in the on-deck circle.
Aaron Judge, Trent Grisham, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Ryan Weathers, Yankees
Judge was placed on the 10-day injured list on Sept. 19 with a right calf strain. He is hopeful he will be back for the postseason, but the team has not yet set a timetable for his return.
Grisham (right hamstring strain) could be in play at some point in the postseason, per manager Aaron Boone.
Chisholm (sprained right thumb) could potentially be activated as early as Sept. 22.
Weathers (left flexor forearm strain) threw a side session on Sept. 19. A regular season return remains unlikely.
Kyle Tucker, Blake Snell, Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages, Dodgers
Tucker was given the day off on Sept. 20 after fouling a ball off his right leg the previous day. He is expected back in the lineup on Sept. 22.
Snell left his Sept. 16 start against the Reds after one inning with left groin tightness. He threw from 90 feet on Sept. 18 and is expected to make another start before the end of the regular season.
Ohtani (left knee and right biceps soreness) and Pages (left hand fracture) are both on track to return during the Dodgers' Sept. 22-24 series against the Padres.
Willson Contreras, Garrett Crochet, Aroldis Chapman and Tanner Houck, Red Sox
Contreras (bruised knuckle on right hand) was out of the lineup through Sept. 20 due to ongoing soreness but was able to grip a bat, a major hurdle in his recovery.
Crochet (left shoulder inflammation) plans to face hitters during the final homestand, beginning Sept. 22.
Chapman (lat tightness) expects to return during Boston's final homestand.
Houck (torn right UCL/right flexor pronator strain) is still aiming for a return before the end of the regular season, and the club is determining his next steps following the end of the Minor League season.
Shane McClanahan, Tyler Wells, Garrett Cleavinger and Manuel Rodríguez, Rays
McClanahan (left forearm tightness) was still limited to playing catch as of Sept. 20 and will not return before the end of the regular season.
Wells (right forearm tightness) resumed playing catch on Sept. 19. He is still anticipating a minimum-length stay on the IL, putting him on track for a postseason return.
Cleavinger (left forearm tightness) was scheduled to begin mound work on Sept. 19 before progressing to bullpen sessions.
Rodríguez (low back strain) made his second rehab appearance with Triple-A Durham on Sept. 16, allowing two unearned runs in 1 1/3 innings and striking out two.
Jesús Luzardo, Phillies
Luzardo (left shoulder inflammation) played catch on Sept. 20 and is hopeful about the possibility of a postseason return.
Chase Burns, Reds
Burns was placed on the 15-day IL on Sept. 20 with a right groin strain, ending his 2026 season.
Steven Okert, Astros
Okert (right hamstring strain) will miss the remainder of the regular season but could potentially return during the postseason.
Cal Quantrill, Rangers
Quantrill was placed on the 15-day IL on Sept. 20 with a right lat strain.
Brayan Rocchio and Colin Holderman, Guardians
Rocchio left the Guardians' Sept. 19 game with left leg tightness. The move was described as precautionary, and he was being re-evaluated on Sept. 20.
Holderman (right wrist inflammation) exited his Sept. 17 rehab outing with Triple-A Columbus due to discomfort in his wrist after hitting a batter and issuing two walks. He was still being evaluated as of Sept. 18.
Bryce Elder and Robert Suarez, Braves
Elder (right knee surgery) threw off a mound with reduced effort on Sept. 19 and is aiming to return early in the postseason.
Suarez (right elbow inflammation) made his first rehab appearance with Triple-A Gwinnett in the team's Sept. 20 season finale. The Braves are still determining next steps, but there remains hope for a regular season return.
Tristan Peters, White Sox
Peters left Chicago's Sept. 18 game after running into the outfield wall attempting to make a catch in the fifth inning. He was diagnosed with a left rib/shoulder contusion and was held out of the lineup through Sept. 20 due to continued soreness.
Gavin Sheets, Joe Musgrove and Jason Adam, Padres
Sheets (left foot sprain/plantar plate tear) has rejoined the Padres and could potentially be activated in an exclusively DH/pinch-hitter role by the end of the regular season.
Musgrove (Tommy John surgery) is still regularly playing catch but the Padres had not determined his next steps as of Sept. 20. If he is able to return in 2026, it would likely be in a relief role.
Adam (right shoulder strain) is scheduled to throw live BP on Sept. 21 and could be activated shortly thereafter.
Ryan Helsley, Tyler O'Neill and Jackson Holliday, Orioles
Helsley (right elbow inflammation) has been shut down for the remainder of the 2026 season in order to avoid potentially rushing his recovery.
O'Neill (right shoulder inflammation) has not responded well to activity and was transferred to the 60-day IL on Sept. 19, ending his 2026 season.
Holliday was placed on the 10-day IL on Sept. 16 with left wrist inflammation. He was scheduled to visit a specialist on Sept. 19.
Byron Buxton, Twins
Buxton underwent a successful hip labrum repair scope procedure on Sept. 18.
Jared Young and Devin Williams, Mets
Young was carted off the field after being struck in the head in a collision with pitcher Nolan McLean during the sixth inning on Sept. 17. He was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Sept. 18. Young is expected to recover fully but will not return in 2026.
Williams (right shoulder strain) threw live batting practice on Sept. 17 and could come off the IL early in the week of Sept. 21.
Bryce Eldridge, Giants
Eldridge (head laceration) was placed in concussion protocol as a precaution on Sept. 19 and remained out of the lineup through Sept. 20.
Xavier Edwards, Marlins
Edwards left the Marlins' Sept. 19 game with left thumb discomfort, apparently stemming from fouling off a pitch in the seventh inning. He remained out of the lineup on Sept. 20 due to ongoing soreness.
Justin Verlander, Tigers
Verlander (left hip inflammation, left hamstring strain) faced hitters in a one-inning simulated game on Sept. 18 in Chicago, throwing about 20 pitches. He is hoping to make a final start on Sept. 26 at Comerica Park.