This page will be updated throughout the season with all the latest Astros injury news and transactions.
INJURY UPDATES
RHP Kai-Wei Teng
Injury: Right knee sprain
IL date: July 1 (15-day, retroactive to June 28)
Expected return: July
Status: Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land on June 28, Teng had the assignment nullified and was placed on the Major League IL and sent to Florida to rehab, where he will make the transition back to reliever. (updated July 1)
SS Jeremy Peña
Injury: Left calf strain
IL date: June 30
Expected return: Mid-July
Status: Peña did some light jogging on the field July 1 and is targeting a return around the end of the 10-day IL window. (updated July 1) 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: July 3
Status: Will be activated off the injured list prior to the July 3 game against the Rays and transition to the bullpen. (updated July 1) More >>
OF LaMonte Wade Jr.
Injury: Right hamstring soreness
IL date: June 9 (10-day IL)
Expected return: Early July
Status: Went 1-for-3 while starting at first base in his first Minor League rehab assignment June 30 at Triple-A Sugar Land. (updated July 1) More >>
LHP Bennett Sousa
Injury: Left elbow inflammation
IL date: May 9 (15-day, retroactive to May 6)
Expected return: July
Status: Threw 23 pitches at Daikin Park in a simulated game July 1 and is close to heading out on a Minor League rehab assignment at Triple-A. (updated July 1)
INF Braden Shewmake
Injury: Right adductor strain
IL date: June 2 (10-day, retroactive to May 31)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Had his Minor League rehab stint transferred to Triple-A Sugar Land on July 1 after playing in a pair of games for the Florida Complex League Astros. (updated July 1)
RHP Lance McCullers Jr.
Injury: Right rotator cuff impingement.
IL date: May 19 (15-day, retroactive to May 16)
Expected return: July
Status: Will make another Minor League rehab start July 1 for Triple-A Sugar Land at Oklahoma City. (updated June 30) 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: July
Status: Will make third Minor League rehab start July 1 for Double-A Corpus Christi. (updated June 30) More >>
RHP Hayden Wesneski
Injury: Torn ulnar collateral ligament in right elbow
IL date: March 25 (60-day)
Expected return: Second half 2026
Status: Threw 25 pitches in three innings for the FCL Astros on June 30 in his first Minor League rehab outing since undergoing Tommy John surgery on May 23, 2025. (updated June 30)
SS Carlos Correa
Injury: Left ankle tendon
IL date: May 6 (transferred to 60-day IL on June 2)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent peroneus brevis tendon repair surgery on his left ankle May 11. Will be out for the remainder of the 2026 season. (updated June 2) 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 March 25)
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
July 1
• RHP Kai-Wei Teng: June 28 option to Triple-A nullified; placed on 15-day injured list, retroactive to June 28 (right knee sprain)
June 30
• SS Jeremy Peña: Placed on the 10-day injured list (left calf strain)
• INF Raynel Delgado: Recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land
June 29
• INF Nick Allen: Reinstated from the 10-day IL (left hamstring strain)
• INF Raynel Delgado: Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land