This page will be updated throughout the season with all the latest Astros injury news and transactions.
INJURY UPDATES
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: Threw 75 pitches over 4 2/3 innings of three-run ball on June 21, striking out five. Is an option to start over the weekend for the Astros’ series in Detroit. (updated June 24) More >>
INF Braden Shewmake
Injury: Right adductor strain
IL date: June 2 (10-day, retroactive to May 31)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Expected to begin rehab games in the Florida Complex League over the weekend after rehabbing at the Astros’ facility in West Palm Beach, Fla. (updated June 22)
INF Nick Allen
Injury: Grade 1 left hamstring strain
IL date: June 8 (10-day IL)
Expected return: Late June
Status: Expected to begin rehab games over the weekend. Had been taking batting practice and fielding ground balls. (updated June 22) 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 June 25 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 21) More >>
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 first Minor League rehab start June 25 for Triple-A Sugar Land. (updated June 21)
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 >>
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 >>
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 24
• LHP Colton Gordon: Recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land
• RHP Logan VanWey: Optioned to Triple-A Sugar Land
June 22
• RHP Bryan Abreu: Placed on restricted list
• RHP Logan VanWey: Recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land
June 20
• RHP Jayden Murray: Traded to the Cubs for Minor League 1B Cameron Sisneros
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