This page will be updated throughout the season with all the latest Astros injury news and transactions.
INJURY UPDATES
C Yainer Diaz
Injury: Left abdominal injury
Expected return: TBD
Status: Was scratched prior to the May 4 game against the Dodgers. (updated May 4)
OF Taylor Trammell
Injury: Left groin strain
IL date: April 21 (10-day)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Has started running and a light progression of baseball activities. (updated May 4) More >>
SS Jeremy Peña
Injury: Grade 1 right hamstring strain
IL date: April 13 (15-day, retroactive to April 12)
Expected return: Mid-May
Status: Could be days away from appearing in Minor League rehab games as he continues to increase the intensity of his workouts. (updated May 4) More >>
INF Nick Allen
Injury: Mid-back spasms
IL date: April 20 (10-day, retroactive to April 19)
Expected return: Mid-May
Status: Played in two Minor League rehab games for Double-A Corpus Christi in the first weekend of May and was 2-for-7 with a double and two RBIs. (updated May 4) More >>
RHP Hunter Brown
Injury: Grade 2 right shoulder strain
IL date: April 5 (15-day, retroactive to April 2)
Expected return: Late May/early June
Status: Has started his throwing program by playing catch up to 120 feet. Could throw in the bullpen next weekend. (updated May 4) More >>
RHP Cristian Javier
Injury: Grade 2 right shoulder strain
IL date: April 10 (retroactive to April 9, transferred to 60-day IL on April 20)
Expected return: Late May/early June
Status: Began playing catch on May 4. (updated May 4) More >>
RHP Tatsuya Imai
Injury: Right arm fatigue
IL date: April 13 (15-day, retroactive to April 12)
Expected return: May
Status: Will make his second Minor League start on May 5 for Triple-A Sugar Land, after which he's expected to rejoin the Houston rotation. (updated May 2) More >>
LHP Josh Hader
Injury: Left biceps tendinitis
IL date: March 25 (transferred to 60-day IL on April 17)
Expected return: May 24
Status: Will make his first Minor League rehab appearance May 5 for Triple-A Sugar Land. (updated May 2) More >>
RHP Nate Pearson
Injury: Right elbow surgery recovery
IL date: March 25 (15-day)
Expected return: Mid May
Status: Will make his first Minor League rehab appearance May 5 for Triple-A Sugar Land. (updated May 2) More >>
OF Joey Loperfido
Injury: Right quad strain
IL date: April 19 (10-day, retroactive to April 18)
Expected return: May
Status: Performing light baseball activities as he prepares to start a running program. (updated April 24)
OF Jake Meyers
Injury: Grade 2 right oblique strain
IL date: April 10 (15-day, retroactive to April 9)
Expected return: May
Status: Has begun light baseball activity after exiting the game against the Rockies on April 8 mid-plate appearance following a swing. (updated April 24) More >>
RHP Ronel Blanco
Injury: Torn ulnar collateral ligament in right elbow
IL date: March 25 (transferred to 60-day IL on April 10)
Expected return: 2026
Status: Has progressed to throwing in the bullpen in West Palm Beach after undergoing Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament with an internal brace as well as a repair of the flexor tendon in his forearm on June 6, 2025. (updated March 31) More >>
RHP Hayden Wesneski
Injury: Torn ulnar collateral ligament in right elbow
IL date: March 25 (60-day)
Expected return: 2026
Status: Has progressed to throwing in the bullpen in West Palm Beach after undergoing Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow on May 23, 2025. (updated March 31) More >>
LHP Brandon Walter
Injury: Torn ulnar collateral ligament in left elbow
IL date: March 25 (60-day)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent Tommy John surgery on Sept. 23, 2025. (updated Sept. 23, 2025)
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
May 4
• OF Zach Cole: Recalled from Minor League rehab assignment
• OF Daniel Johnson: Designated for assignment
• OF Zach Dezenzo: Reinstated from the injured list and optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land
• IF/OF Shay Whitcomb: Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land
• C César Salazar: Recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land
May 3
• RHP Ryan Weiss: Activated from paternity list
• RHP Jayden Murray: Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land
May 1
• RHP Jason Alexander: Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land
April 30
• RHP Ryan Weiss: Placed on paternity list
• RHP Cody Bolton: Reinstated from 15-day IL
• RHP Jason Alexander: Added as 27th man for doubleheader