Injuries: Judge, Luzardo, Dodgers, Correa, Crochet, DeLauter

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

Aaron Judge, Yankees

Judge left the Yankees' Sept. 16 game with right lower leg tightness.

Jesús Luzardo, Phillies

Luzardo, who was scratched from his Sept. 12 start with left shoulder soreness, was placed on the 15-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation on Sept. 15.

Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki, Edgardo Henriquez, Edwin Díaz, Andy Pages and Kris Bubic, Dodgers

Ohtani (left knee and right biceps soreness) started a swinging progression on Sept. 15. 

Sasaki (right middle finger blister) could return, possibly as a reliever, during the Dodgers' Sept. 18-20 series against the Giants. 

Henriquez was placed on the 15-day IL on Sept. 14 with lower back discomfort, making him ineligible to pitch for the remainder of the regular season. 

Díaz (neck inflammation) will have at least one more rehab outing with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sept. 16 before potentially returning. 

Pages (left hand fracture) has progressed to hitting baseballs and will work his way towards hitting off the Trajekt machine. 

Bubic (left shoulder soreness) traveled to Cincinnati with the team and could be activated during the Sept. 14-17 series.

Carlos Correa and Steven Okert, Astros

Manager Joe Espada said on Sept. 15 that Correa (left ankle surgery) will not return this season.

Okert (right hamstring strain) is progressing through a throwing program but had yet to get back on the mound as of Sept. 15.

Garrett Crochet, Tanner Houck, Curtis Mead, Tyron Guerrero and Justin Slaten, Red Sox

Crochet (left shoulder inflammation) threw a 30-pitch side session on Sept. 15. The club will see how he responds before deciding on next steps.

Houck (torn right UCL/right flexor pronator strain) made his third rehab appearance on Sept. 15 with Triple-A Worcester; he is expected to make another on Sept. 19 before being re-evaluated. There remains hope he could return in the regular season.

Mead (left wrist fracture) was scheduled to begin hitting off a tee with an underload bat on Sept. 16. 

Guerrero (right shoulder inflammation) is likely to return as soon as he is eligible on Sept. 16.

Slaten (right elbow inflammation) has been shut down for the year after doctors found degenerative changes in his right flexor mass.

Chase DeLauter and Angel Martínez, Guardians

DeLauter (right wrist soreness) and Martínez (right flank inflammation) both remained out of the lineup through Sept. 16.

Colson Montgomery, White Sox

Montgomery left the White Sox's Sept. 16 game after being hit by a pitch on his left wrist. X-rays came back negative.

Shane Bieber, Trey Yesavage, Anthony Santander and Jameson Taillon, Blue Jays

Bieber (right teres major inflammation) threw off of flat ground on Sept. 15 but is pushing back his first mound session by a couple of days to Sept. 18 or 20, putting a regular season return at risk. 

Yesavage (left meniscus surgery) threw 34 pitches in a rehab appearance for Triple-A Buffalo on Sept. 15. He is expected to rejoin the rotation for his next appearance. 

Santander (left shoulder labral surgery) has not appeared in a rehab game since Sept. 11 because of lower back tightness.

Taillon (right elbow inflammation) said on Sept. 15 that his season is over.

Rafael Devers, Giants

Devers was placed on the 60-day injured list on Sept. 13 with a core muscle injury that he’d been playing through for much of the season. He underwent surgery on Sept. 15, for which the recovery is expected to take about three months.

Dansby Swanson, Justin Steele, Shelby Miller and Hunter Harvey, Cubs

Swanson (left oblique strain) had the beginning of his rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa delayed by weather on Sept. 15. He could still return as early as Sept. 18.  

Steele (left elbow flexor strain) threw a bullpen session in Chicago on Sept. 13 and will return to Triple-A Iowa to continue his rehab assignment on Sept. 15. 

Miller (right elbow surgery) has been shut down for the remainder of the 2026 season with the goal of having him ready for 2027. 

Harvey (right triceps/shoulder stress reaction) has also been shut down for the remainder of the season.

Brandon Woodruff and Grant Anderson, Brewers

Woodruff (right shoulder inflammation) is throwing at 105 feet and is scheduled to be evaluated for a return to the mound at the end of September.

Anderson (right biceps inflammation) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Nashville on Sept. 16.

Reynaldo López and Joe Jiménez, Braves

López was placed on the 15-day IL on Sept. 15 due to right shoulder inflammation

Jiménez (left knee surgery) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Gwinnett on Sept. 15. A 2026 return remains extremely unlikely.

Kaelen Culpepper and Trevor Larnach, Twins

Culpepper was placed on the 10-day IL on Sept. 16 with a mild left hamstring strain. He could return during the final weekend of the regular season.

Larnach (right wrist soreness) underwent an MRI on Sept. 14. He participated in baseball activities on Sept. 15 but remained out of the lineup through Sept. 16.

Joc Pederson, Rangers

Pederson sustained a left hand fracture on a Sept. 12 hit by pitch. As of Sept. 15, he was receiving treatment and hoping to be back in the lineup before the end of the regular season.

Tyler Wells, Taylor Walls, Ben Williamson and Manuel Rodríguez, Rays

Wells (right forearm tightness) was placed on the 15-day IL on Sept. 15.

Walls (right hip flexor strain) has been fielding grounders and taking indoor batting practice since Sept. 11, so his return is day to day. 

Williamson (right hamstring strain) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham on Sept. 15. 

Rodríguez (low back strain) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham on Sept. 13. He was scheduled for another outing on Sept. 15.

Devin Williams and Cionel Pérez, Mets

Williams (right shoulder strain) had a bullpen session at Citi Field on Sept. 14 and expects to throw another on Sept. 17 before potentially being activated. 

Pérez (left forearm strain) had his rehab assignment transferred to Triple-A Syracuse on Sept. 15. He is expected to return before the season ends.

Shane Baz, Orioles

Baz left his Sept. 15 start against the Mets after being struck by a 105.1 mph comebacker on his right elbow.

Pete Fairbanks and Max Meyer, Marlins

Fairbanks exited his Sept. 14 appearance due to nerve irritation in his right hand. It was his second outing since returning from an IL stint for a similar issue.

Meyer (neck strain) has been shut down for the remainder of the 2026 season.

Jack Flaherty and Justin Verlander, Tigers

Flaherty (right flexor inflammation) will make a rehab start for Triple-A Toledo, likely on Sept. 17, before potentially returning.

Verlander (left hip inflammation, left hamstring strain) threw a bullpen session on Sept. 15 and will throw a simulated game over the Sept. 19-20 weekend before being evaluated for a potential return.

Hunter Goodman, Rockies

Goodman left the Rockies' Sept. 14 game with right thumb soreness. He remained out of the lineup on Sept. 15 and is being considered day to day.

Gage Jump, Nick Kurtz and Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, Athletics

Jump was placed on the injured list on Sept. 15 with a left shoulder impingement, ending his season.

Kurtz (right thumb strain) has started a swing progression as of Sept. 15. A 2026 return has been ruled out. 

Kuroda-Grauer (ruptured testicle) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Las Vegas on Sept. 18 but remains unlikely to return in 2026.