Injuries: Elly, Buxton, Alonso, Yankees, Cardinals, Mariners
Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.
Elly De La Cruz, Reds
De La Cruz left the Aug. 30 game against the Cubs with left quadriceps tightness. It's the same area of De La Cruz's leg that plagued him for much of the 2025 season.
Byron Buxton and Joe Ryan, Twins
Buxton was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 30 with a right hip impingement.
Ryan (mild left glute strain) is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul on Sept. 1. He will likely require at least two appearances before returning.
Pete Alonso, Orioles
Alonso "came out fine" after being hit on the brim of the helmet by a 94.6 mph fastball in the eighth inning on Aug. 30 but was removed for a pinch-runner.
George Lombard Jr., Aaron Judge, Fernando Cruz, Clarke Schmidt and Ryan McMahon, Yankees
Lombard left the Yankees' Aug. 29 game with right knee discomfort. Imaging revealed only inflammation, and he is expected to avoid an IL stint.
Judge (stress fracture in ribs) will travel with the club on their Aug. 31-Sept. 6 West Coast road trip with hopes to return sometime in September without a rehab assignment.
Cruz (partially torn right UCL) is seeking a second opinion, but surgery remains an option. No decision had been made as of Aug. 30.
Schmidt (Tommy John surgery recovery) began a rehab assignment on Aug. 29 with Double-A Somerset and is preparing to return as a reliever.
McMahon (left thumb sprain) also began a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on Aug. 29 and could rejoin the Yankees when rosters expand on Sept. 1.
JJ Wetherholt and Masyn Winn, Cardinals
Wetherholt was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 30 with right wrist tendinitis. The Cardinals expect him to return sometime this season.
Winn (left thumb fracture) is making progress and could return sometime during the upcoming Sept. 1-9 road trip.
Emerson Hancock and Brendan Donovan, Mariners
Hancock was placed on the 15-day IL on Aug. 30 with a left adductor strain.
Donovan (head contusion) traveled with the team to Toronto but was not ready to return when he was eligible for activation on Aug. 29.
Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith and Justin Wrobleski, Dodgers
Ohtani (left knee inflammation) did not feel 100% after throwing a 20-pitch bullpen session on Aug. 28. The team will determine next steps after returning to Los Angeles on Sept. 1.
Smith (neck inflammation) is expected to return on Sept. 1.
Wrobleski (left forearm inflammation) threw 1 1/3 innings in an Aug. 29 rehab outing with Triple-A Oklahoma City and is likely nearing a return in a relief role.
Luis Rengifo, Gavin Sheets and Joe Musgrove, Padres
Rengifo was carted off the field on Aug. 29 after suffering a right knee sprain on a defensive play in the seventh inning. He was placed on the 10-day IL the following day.
Sheets was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 30 with a left foot sprain.
Musgrove (Tommy John surgery) made his fourth rehab start on Aug. 27 with Triple-A El Paso and could make his next appearance for the Padres.
Konnor Griffin, Pirates
Griffin (left ring finger injury) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Altoona on Aug. 30. He is first eligible to return to the big league club on Sept. 4.
Carlos Correa, Astros
Correa (left ankle surgery) has a four-month checkup scheduled for Sept. 1, where he hopes to be cleared to start running the bases.
Xavier Edwards, Marlins
Edwards left the Marlins' Aug. 30 game with left thumb and elbow discomfort after a tag play at second base.
Curtis Mead and Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Red Sox
Mead (left wrist fracture) had started mobility and strength exercises and was running and throwing as of an Aug. 29 update.
Kiner-Falefa (stress reaction in left forearm), on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester, is unlikely to return before rosters expand on Sept. 1.
Spencer Schwellenbach, Hurston Waldrep and Robert Suarez, Braves
Schwellenbach will undergo season-ending surgery to repair the right elbow fracture he suffered in his last big league appearance on June 28, 2025.
Waldrep will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the remainder of the 2026 season.
Suarez (right elbow inflammation) has been throwing on flat ground from 120 feet and could begin throwing off the mound as soon as Aug. 31.
Riley Greene, Tigers
Greene (right hamstring strain) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Aug. 29 and could return as soon as Sept. 1.
Cade Cavalli and James Wood, Nationals
Cavalli left his Aug. 29 start against the Marlins after being hit on the right ankle by a comebacker.
Wood (left oblique strain) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Harrisburg on Aug. 30.
Griffin Jax, Rays
Jax (right elbow discomfort) felt good after throwing four innings in a sim game on Aug. 28 and will make his next appearance in the Majors.
Devin Williams, Mets
Williams (right shoulder strain) restarted his throwing program on Aug. 29.
Dansby Swanson and Edward Cabrera, Cubs
Swanson (left oblique strain) resumed defensive work on Aug. 28 and is on target to resume swinging the following week.
Cabrera (right middle finger blister) is scheduled to begin a Minor League rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa the week of Aug. 31. He expects to return in a relief role.