Injuries: Skubal, Judge, Muncy, Cease, Astros, Raleigh

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Tarik Skubal, Justin Verlander, Casey Mize and Javier Báez, Tigers

Skubal (loose body in left elbow) is scheduled to make a rehab start for High-A West Michigan on June 7. The Tigers hope he will be able to return to the big leagues after that.

Verlander (left hip inflammation) made a rehab appearance for Triple-A Toledo on June 2.

Mize (right groin tightness) threw a bullpen on June 2.

Báez (right ankle sprain) visited a specialist who recommended a brief shutdown from rehab activity, as of June 2.

Aaron Judge, Max Fried and Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees

After seeing a specialist and undergoing an MRI, CT scan and X-rays, Judge (stress fracture on right rib) will be shut down for four to six weeks before being evaluated again. He was placed on the injured list on June 5.

Fried (left elbow bone bruise) is throwing at 75 feet and will soon progress to 90 feet, as of a June 3 update.

Stanton (right calf strain) is scheduled to take live BP on June 3 and then again on June 6.

Max Muncy and Evan Phillips, Dodgers

Muncy was removed from the June 4 game after a collision with Arizona's Ildemaro Vargas at first base. Muncy exited due to shortness of breath but passed concussion protocols. He will sit out on June 5 but is expected to be available over the weekend.

Phillips (recovery from Tommy John surgery) made his first rehab appearance for Triple-A Oklahoma City on June 4. He will likely take the maximum 30 days to build up.

Dylan Cease, Max Scherzer, Shane Bieber and Alejandro Kirk, Blue Jays

Cease (mild left hamstring strain) could return to the Blue Jays' rotation for his next start after throwing 75 pitches during a rehab start with Triple-A Buffalo on June 4.

Scherzer (forearm tendinitis) will make another rehab start of 60-65 pitches with Triple-A Buffalo on June 5.

Bieber (right elbow inflammation) is scheduled for a rehab start with Triple-A Buffalo on June 6.

Kirk (left thumb fracture) began a rehab assignment with Single-A Dunedin on June 3.

Hunter Brown and Cristian Javier, Astros

Brown (Grade 2 right shoulder strain) made his third rehab start for Triple-A Sugar Land on June 4. He threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing one run and striking out four on 57 pitches. Brown will likely need at least one more rehab start.

Javier (Grade 2 right shoulder strain) threw 28 pitches (16 strikes) in his first rehab start with Double-A Corpus Christi on June 3.

Cal Raleigh, Mariners

Raleigh (right oblique strain) is slated to begin a rehab assignment on June 7 with High-A Everett, then will transition to Triple-A Tacoma on June 9 and play the rest of the week there.

Corbin Burnes, Ildemaro Vargas and A.J. Puk, D-backs

Burnes, who is recovering from Tommy John surgery, suffered a setback due to a strained right teres major muscle. He was expected to return to Arizona's rotation sometime in July, but now he will likely be out until September.

Vargas was involved in a collision with the Dodgers' Max Muncy during the June 4 game. He remained down for several minutes before leaving the game. Vargas suffered multiple bruises, but X-rays came back negative.

Puk (left elbow surgery) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on June 2. He made three scoreless appearances in the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League during late May.

Garrett Crochet and Trevor Story, Red Sox

Crochet has been diagnosed with a low-grade lat strain, Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy told reporters on June 2. The issue surfaced while Crochet was working his way back from left shoulder inflammation, which landed him on the IL after his April 25 start.

Story (sports hernia) was transferred to the 60-day IL on June 4. His timetable for return remains unchanged.

Rhett Lowder, Graham Ashcraft, Elly De La Cruz and Jose Trevino, Reds

Lowder (right shoulder pain) is expected to return on June 7 against the Cardinals.

Ashcraft has a right UCL sprain and received a PRP injection on June 2.

De La Cruz (right hamstring strain) was placed on the 10-day IL on June 1. He has another MRI scheduled for mid-June.

Trevino (left hamstring strain) began a rehab assignment on June 4 with Triple-A Louisville. He is expected to play three games.

Matthew Boyd and Matt Shaw, Cubs

Boyd (left meniscus injury) will make his second Minor League rehab start on June 6.

Shaw (back tightness) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on June 2.

Sean Murphy, Hurston Waldrep and Drake Baldwin, Braves

Murphy (fractured left middle finger) could be available in the second half of July.

Waldrep (right elbow inflammation) threw two scoreless innings in the Florida Coast League on June 1, his first game action since undergoing surgery to remove loose bodies from his pitching elbow.

Baldwin (right oblique strain) could return to the Majors during the club's next homestand, which runs June 16-21.

Brandon Woodruff, Brandon Lockridge, Logan Henderson, DL Hall and Grant Anderson, Brewers

Woodruff (right shoulder inflammation) threw 42 pitches in a live batting practice session on June 3.

Lockridge (right knee laceration) took live at-bats against Woodruff on June 3 and is nearing a rehab assignment, per manager Pat Murphy.

Henderson (low back strain) received a facet injection to relieve inflammation on June 2.

Hall was scheduled for an MRI after experiencing left subscapular/pectoral discomfort in his June 4 outing against the Giants.

Anderson, who was struck on by a comebacker on June 4, has a right forearm contusion and plans to try playing catch on June 5.

Mick Abel, Twins

Abel (right elbow inflammation) threw two innings of live batting practice on June 4.

Maikel Garcia, Cole Ragans and Kris Bubic, Royals

Garcia (Grade 1 right hamstring strain) remained out of the lineup through June 4.

Ragans (left elbow impingement) resumed playing catch on June 1 and is progressing well. There is still no timetable for his return or next steps.

Bubic (left elbow soreness) is on track with his bullpen schedule and had a four "up" session in the week of June 1.

Gabriel Arias, Guardians

Arias (left hamstring strain) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus on June 4.

Eury Pérez, Marlins

Pérez (right gracilis strain) will begin throwing soon, according to a June 5 update.

Kyle Teel, White Sox

Teel (right hamstring strain/sprained LCL) is hitting off a tee and doing catching drills, but has yet to progress to high-intensity drills, as of a June 5 update.

Ramón Laureano and Jake Cronenworth, Padres

Laureano (right hip inflammation) was placed on the 10-day IL on June 2. The team does not expect a long absence.

Cronenworth (concussion symptoms) had resumed light baseball activity as of a June 4 update.

Taylor Walls, Rays

Walls exited on June 1, leaving the game in the third inning for “precautionary” reasons due to left hamstring tightness. He was out of the lineup through June 3.

Francisco Lindor, Jorge Polanco, Francisco Alvarez and Kodai Senga, Mets

Lindor (left calf strain) began baseball activities -- fielding drills, running sprints and swinging the bat in the indoor cages -- in late May but was not ready for a rehab assignment as of June 1.

Polanco (left Achilles bursitis) could return to the big league club as soon as June 5.

Alvarez (meniscus tear) caught seven innings while beginning a rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse on June 2. He will need to catch seven-plus innings on consecutive nights before potentially being activated.

Senga (lumbar spine inflammation) completed his third rehab start on June 3, allowing three runs in five innings while throwing 91 pitches for Triple-A Syracuse.

Zach Neto, Nolan Schanuel and Yoán Moncada, Angels

Neto (whiplash) remained out of the lineup through June 3 as a precaution but reported feeling better.

Schanuel (left ankle inflammation) progressed to hitting in the cage on June 2.

Moncada (right knee inflammation) participated in light on-field activity on June 2.

Luis Severino and Jacob Wilson, Athletics

Severino (strain of the shoulder capsule and subscapularis muscle) was scheduled for a PRP injection on June 4 and will be re-evaluated in 4-6 weeks.

Wilson (left shoulder subluxation) could begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Las Vegas as soon as June 6.