This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Padres injury news and transactions.
LATEST INJURIES
RHP Jason Adam
Injury: Right shoulder strain
IL date: July 2 (15-day IL, retroactive to June 30)
Expected return: September
Status: MRI revealed no major structural damage, merely a strain in the subscapularis muscle. Played catch from around 90 feet on Aug. 17. "Felt clean, I felt no pain, so really good," he said. (Last updated: Aug. 17) More >>
RHP Nick Pivetta
Injury: Right elbow inflammation
IL date: April 14 (retroactive to April 13; transferred to 60-day IL on June 2)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Had his rehab stint put on pause after exiting an Aug. 4 outing after just 14 pitches. Has continued playing catch and building up, but throwing program has moved to the team's complex in Peoria, Ariz. (Last updated: Aug. 17)
RHP Joe Musgrove
Injury: Tommy John surgery
IL date: March 25 (transferred to 60-day IL on May 7)
Expected return: Late August or September
Status: Was “very positive” following his 70-pitch, 4 2/3-inning rehab start for Triple-A El Paso on Aug. 14, per manager Craig Stammen. (Last updated: Aug. 15) More >>
RHP Lucas Giolito
Injury: Right elbow inflammation
IL date: June 23 (15-day IL, retroactive to June 22)
Expected return: Late August
Status: Experienced elbow soreness after his outing on June 21. Is continuing throwing progression at the team's complex in Arizona with uncertain return timeline. (Last updated: Aug. 9)
IF Miguel Andujar
Injury: Right wrist fracture
IL date: July 20 (10-day IL)
Expected return: Late August
Status: Sustained the fracture when he was hit by a pitch on July 19 in Kansas City. No longer in a splint and cleared for light activity, but has not resumed taking full swings. (Last updated Aug. 7) More >>
OF Samad Taylor
Injury: Right oblique strain
IL date: July 8 (10-day IL)
Expected return: August
Status: Injured on a swing during July 7 game vs. Arizona. Rehabbing at the team's complex in Peoria, Ariz., and took live swings on Aug. 6. Could begin a rehab stint in the coming days. (Last updated: Aug. 6) More >>
OF Ramón Laureano
Injury: Right hip inflammation
IL date: June 2 (transferred to 60-day IL on June 5)
Expected return: Possibly October, likely 2027
Status: Underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip on June 5. First sustained the injury in 2021, but it recurred and worsened over the season's first two months. Likely to miss the remainder of the season. (Last updated: June 5)
RHP Bryan Hoeing
Injury: Right elbow flexor tendon
IL date: March 25 (transferred to 60-day IL on April 22)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his right elbow on March 17 and will miss the 2026 season. (Last updated: March 25)
RHP Yu Darvish
Injury: Right UCL internal brace surgery
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent an internal brace procedure on his right elbow on Oct. 29, which comes with a recovery timetable of 12-15 months. Will miss the 2026 season and was placed on the restricted list on March 25. (Last updated: March 25)
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
Aug. 12
• RHP David Morgan activated from 15-day IL and optioned to Triple-A El Paso
Aug. 9
• OF Austin Hays signed to Major League contract, activated
• IF Gage Workman optioned to Triple-A El Paso