This page will be updated throughout the season with all the latest Astros injury news and transactions.
INJURY UPDATES
RHP Lance McCullers Jr.
Injury: Right shoulder inflammation
IL date: May 19 (15-day, retroactive to May 16)
Expected return: July
Status: Next step will be a Minor League rehab game after throwing 25 pitches in a live batting practice session June 19 at Daikin Park. (updated June 20) More >>
OF LaMonte Wade Jr.
Injury: Right hamstring soreness
IL date: June 9 (10-day IL)
Expected return: Late June
Status: Taking batting practice and shagging fly balls on the field, and will be sent on a rehab assignment soon. (updated June 20) More >>
INF Nick Allen
Injury: Grade 1 left hamstring strain
IL date: June 8 (10-day IL)
Expected return: Late June
Status: Taking batting practice and fielding ground balls on the field, and will be sent on a rehab assignment soon. (updated June 20) 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 rehab start next week at Double-A Corpus Christi after throwing three scoreless innings in his first rehab start June 19 for the Rookie-level FCL Astros. (updated June 20) 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 live BP on June 20 in West Palm Beach, Fla., after undergoing Tommy John surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow on May 23, 2025. (updated June 20) 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 June
Status: Will make final Minor League rehab start June 21 for Triple-A Sugar Land. Threw 63 pitches in 3 1/3 innings in Triple-A on June 16. (updated June 19) More >>
INF Braden Shewmake
Injury: Right adductor strain
IL date: June 2 (10-day, retroactive to May 31)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Working out in in West Palm Beach, Fla., beginning therapeutic exercises. (updated June 5)
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 Bennett Sousa
Injury: Left elbow inflammation
IL date: May 9 (15-day, retroactive to May 6)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Has started a throwing progression. He first experienced soreness during his throwing program on May 8 and was sent home to Houston to see doctors. (updated May 29)
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
June 17
• RHP Ryan Weiss: Outrighted to Triple-A Sugar Land
June 16
• RHP Hunter Brown: Reinstated from 60-day IL
• C Yainer Diaz: Reinstated from 10-day IL
• C Collin Price: Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land
• RHP Jayden Murray: Designated for assignment
June 15
• RHP Jayden Murray: Recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land
• RHP Alimber Santa: Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land