
Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.
Shane Bieber, Blue Jays
Bieber was placed on the 15-day IL on Aug. 25 due to inflammation in his right shoulder.
Aaron Judge, Max Fried, Giancarlo Stanton, Clarke Schmidt and Ryan Weathers, Yankees
Judge (stress fracture in ribs) took swings against overhand pitching in the indoor batting cage on Aug. 25 for the first time since landing on the IL. He has been throwing at distances of 100 feet and ran in the Yankee Stadium outfield on Aug. 25.
Fried (left elbow bone bruise) threw 60 pitches over four innings of live batting practice on Aug. 24 at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees are considering activating him to start one game of their Aug. 29 doubleheader against the Red Sox.
Stanton, already dealing with a right calf strain, recently strained his left calf and may miss the rest of 2026, per manager Aaron Boone. Stanton was transferred to the 60-day IL on Aug. 25.
Schmidt (Tommy John surgery recovery) faced hitters in a live batting practice session on Aug. 25. He is expected to begin a rehab assignment later in the week as he begins preparing to return as a reliever.
Weathers was placed on the 15-day IL on Aug. 23 with a low-grade left forearm flexor strain. The club is optimistic that he'll return this season.
Will Smith, Dodgers
Smith (neck inflammation) began a rehab assignment on Aug. 25 with Triple-A Oklahoma City, going 1-for-3 with a two-run home run.
Adley Rutschman, Roman Anthony, Curtis Mead, Tanner Houck, Trevor Story, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Garrett Whitlock, Red Sox
Rutschman was out of the lineup on Aug. 25 due to right elbow soreness. Interim manager Chad Tracy said Rutschman's absence isn't expected to last longer than a day or two,
Anthony (partially torn tendon in right ring finger) homered in his first rehab game with Triple-A Worcester on Aug. 25. He could return during Boston's Aug. 28-30 series in New York.
Mead (left wrist fracture) underwent imaging on Aug. 24 that came back clean. He can begin mobility exercises and progress toward strength work.
Houck (torn right UCL/right flexor pronator strain) will throw his fourth live batting practice session on Aug. 28 in Fort Myers, Fla. He might not be far off from a rehab assignment.
Story (sports hernia) will be re-assessed after playing in his seventh rehab game with Triple-A Worcester on Aug. 25.
Kiner-Falefa (stress reaction in left forearm) continued his rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Aug. 25 and will be re-evaluated on Aug. 27.
On Aug. 23, Whitlock (right elbow inflammation) threw his first bullpen session since landing on the IL and will throw a live batting practice session on Aug. 26.
Masyn Winn, Hunter Dobbins and Andre Pallante, Cardinals
Winn (left thumb fracture) was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 25.
Dobbins was placed on the 15-day IL on Aug. 22 with a right flexor strain.
Pallante was placed on the 15-day IL on Aug. 21 with right elbow inflammation.
Brandon Woodruff, Abner Uribe and JoJo Romero, Brewers
Woodruff (right shoulder capsule injury) has healed enough to avoid surgery and is scheduled to begin a throwing program on Aug. 26. There remains a slight possibility that he could return in 2026.
Uribe (right forearm flexor strain) and Romero each began rehab assignments on Aug. 25 with High-A Wisconsin, throwing a scoreless inning apiece.
James Wood, Connelly Early, Josiah Gray, DJ Herz and PJ Poulin, Nationals
Wood (left oblique strain) threw out to 120 feet, hit off the tee and took flips on Aug. 23. There is still no time frame for him to begin a potential rehab assignment.
Early (left elbow inflammation) threw a 25-pitch bullpen session, including offspeed pitches, on Aug. 22.
Gray (right flexor strain) is scheduled to make his third rehab appearance on Aug. 25 for High-A Wilmington.
Herz (left UCL strain) is heading to Triple-A Rochester to continue his rehab after throwing a 27-pitch bullpen session on Aug. 23.
Poulin (left flexor strain) played catch (25 throws) at 60 feet on Aug. 22.
Colt Emerson, Brendan Donovan and Bryan Woo, Mariners
Emerson will undergo season-ending left wrist surgery on Aug. 26, general manager Justin Hollander said.
Donovan was placed on the 7-day concussion IL on Aug. 23, a day after he was scratched from the lineup after being hit in the head by a baseball in the batting cages pregame.
Woo (right shoulder discomfort) is expected to start on Aug. 26 after being pushed back from his Aug. 22 start.
Justin Steele and Ben Brown, Cubs
Steele (left elbow flexor strain) threw two innings against live hitters on Aug. 25.
Brown (stress reaction in neck) competed in a bridge camp game at Sloan Park on Aug. 25, throwing 34 pitches over two innings. Manager Craig Counsell said Brown “did great" and is likely nearing a Minor League rehab assignment, barring any setbacks.
Kyle Teel and Davis Martin, White Sox
Teel (high left ankle sprain) began a rehab assignment on Aug. 25 with Triple-A Charlotte, going 1-for-4 with a walk.
Martin (blister on right middle finger) was scheduled to throw a second bullpen session on Aug. 25, then head out on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Charlotte.
Derek Hill, Phillies
Hill left the Phillies' Aug. 22 game with neck stiffness, but the club doesn't have any long-term concerns.
Corbin Burnes, Ketel Marte, Zac Gallen and Michael Soroka, D-backs
Burnes (Tommy John surgery/teres major strain) threw one inning and 13 pitches in a bridge camp game on Aug. 25 and threw another 11 pitches in the bullpen. He could begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Reno on Aug. 29.
Marte (left knee inflammation) could play in a bridge camp game on Aug. 27.
Gallen (right elbow inflammation) threw three innings and 45 pitches in a bridge camp game on Aug. 25.
Soroka was placed on the 15-day injured list on Aug. 23 with right arm inflammation.
Griffin Jax, Jake Fraley and Victor Mesa Jr., Rays
Jax (right elbow discomfort) worked three innings in a Minor League rehab outing for Triple-A Durham on Aug. 23.
Fraley (hernia) will began a rehab assignment soon with Triple-A Durham, per an Aug. 25 update.
Mesa (left hamstring strain) will be the DH in an Aug. 26 rehab game with Triple-A Durham before likely playing the outfield.
Pete Fairbanks, Max Meyer, Anthony Bender and Andrew Nardi, Marlins
Fairbanks left the Marlins' Aug. 24 game after facing just one batter. He was placed on the 15-day IL the following day with nerve irritation in his right arm.
Meyer (neck strain) is continuing a non-throwing rehab program at Jupiter Academy after receiving a cortisone shot in the rib area to alleviate discomfort, per an Aug. 24 update.
Bender (right shin stress reaction) is undergoing follow-up evaluation after lingering soreness in his shin following an Aug. 18 rehab appearance.
Nardi (left rib cage stress reaction) will undergo left elbow surgery with Dr. Keith Meister on Aug. 28 after experiencing discomfort during a throwing program.
Robert Suarez, Braves
Suarez (right elbow inflammation) has been throwing on flat ground from 100 feet but has not been cleared to begin throwing off mound as of an Aug. 25 update. He could still return during the regular season.
Jac Caglianone, Michael Massey, Nick Mears and Tony Gonsolin, Royals
Caglianone (right ankle soreness) was out of the lineup on Aug. 25 for the second straight game.
Massey exited the Royals' Aug. 25 game in Toronto after falling and hitting head while making a throw. He was doing well later in the game, according to the team.
Mears was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome on Aug. 25 and will undergo season-ending surgery.
Gonsolin (right elbow internal brace surgery) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment Aug. 26 with Triple-A Omaha. He is expected to pitch around three innings or 50 pitches.
Willy Adames, Carson Whisenhunt, Marcelo Mayer, JT Brubaker, Victor Bericoto and Jesus Rodriguez, Giants
Adames, who was placed on the IL on Aug. 24, has a moderate left UCL sprain and is seeking a second opinion, the Giants announced on Aug. 25.
Whisenhunt, who was placed on the 15-day IL on Aug. 25, has a torn left UCL, the Giants announced. He is likely to undergo Tommy John surgery, which could sideline him through 2027.
Mayer (bone stress reaction, left ulna) has not been participating in baseball activity due to a right foot bone bruise that halted his rehab assignment. He was scheduled to meet with team doctors on Aug. 24.
Brubaker was placed on the 15-day IL on Aug. 24 with bruised ribs.
Bericoto was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 24 with a right knee bone bruise.
Rodriguez (right elbow neuritis) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on Aug. 23, going 0-for-4 at designated hitter.
Denzel Clarke, Jacob Wilson, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer and José Suarez, Athletics
Clarke (left hamstring strain) has gone 7-for-15 (.467) through his first six rehab games at Triple-A Las Vegas, as of Aug. 24.
Wilson (left shoulder subluxation) was transferred to the 60-day IL on Aug. 25, ending his season. He was scheduled to see a doctor on Aug. 25 for next steps.
Kuroda-Grauer (ruptured testicle) has started light, non-impact activities but is unlikely to return this season.
Suarez (right hip strain) threw around 20 pitches in a live batting practice session on Aug. 25 and could be activated as early as Aug. 28.
Casey Mize, Miguel Andujar, Jason Adam, Joe Musgrove and Nick Pivetta, Padres
Mize (right ankle sprain) has been playing catch and is scheduled for an Aug. 26 bullpen session.
Andujar (right wrist fracture) is taking swings off a tee and doing other baseball activities, per an Aug. 25 update.
Adam (right shoulder strain) has been playing catch as of Aug. 25 and will throw off a mound in the coming days at the team's complex in Peoria, Ariz.
Musgrove (Tommy John surgery) will make his fourth rehab start on Aug. 27 with Triple-A El Paso and could rejoin the Padres rotation after that.
Pivetta (right elbow inflammation) will make a rehab start with Single-A Lake Elsinore on Aug. 25.
Michael Toglia, Brandon Williamson, Spencer Steer and Graham Ashcraft, Reds
Toglia will undergo season-ending surgery on Aug. 25 in Cincinnati to repair a torn labrum.
Williamson (left shoulder fatigue) will make his sixth rehab appearance on Aug. 27 with Triple-A Louisville.
Steer (right wrist sprain) is increasingly unlikely to return in 2026, as after his most recent examination he is not expected to resume swinging until at least Oct. 1.
Ashcraft (right UCL sprain) threw his third live batting practice session against hitters at Triple-A Louisville on Aug. 22 and is scheduled to pitch again on Aug. 25, Aug. 28 and Aug. 30.
Joe Ryan, Twins
Ryan (mild left glute strain) came through an Aug. 22 bullpen session well and is scheduled to throw live batting practice on Aug. 26. If that goes well, he'll make at least one rehab start before returning to the active roster.
Riley Greene, Brant Hurter and Parker Meadows, Tigers
Greene (right hamstring strain) rejoined the Tigers in Detroit on Aug. 24 after rehabbing for a week at the team facility in Lakeland, Fla. He will ramp up his baseball activity before heading out on a rehab assignment.
Hurter (lumbar spine inflammation) rejoined the Tigers in Detroit on Aug. 24 for evaluation before rejoining Triple-A Toledo to continue his workouts.
Meadows (concussion, left arm radial bone fracture) has not been ruled out for season but is still unable to swing at full speed, as of an Aug. 24 update.
Tyler O'Neill and Félix Bautista, Orioles
O'Neill was out of the lineup for the second straight game on Aug. 25 with right shoulder soreness and was scheduled to undergo an MRI.
Bautista (right shoulder surgery) began a rehab assignment with Double-A Chesapeake on Aug. 23.
Slade Cecconi and Chase DeLauter, Guardians
Cecconi (right arm fatigue) began a rehab assignment on Aug. 25 with Triple-A Columbus, striking out three and allowing one hit and one walk in one scoreless inning.
DeLauter (left hamstring tightness) was out of the lineup again on Aug. 25 but was doing better, per manager Stephen Vogt.
Wade Meckler and Nolan Schanuel, Angels
Meckler (concussion) has progressed to working out and baseball activities and could be activated once eligible on Aug. 28.
Schanuel (right intercostal muscle strain) is slowly getting better but hasn't started baseball activities as of Aug. 25.
Ezequiel Tovar, Kyle Freeland, Kyle Karros and Jose Quintana, Rockies
Tovar left the Rockies' Aug. 24 game in Washington with a left wrist strain after landing awkwardly on a diving attempt at shortstop in the fifth.
Freeland was placed on the 15-day injured list on Aug. 24 with a pinched nerve in his neck.
Karros (concussion symptoms) returned to the seven-day concussion IL on Aug. 23 and was sent to the Rockies' Arizona facility.
Quintana (left elbow sprain) faced hitters for 25 pitches on Aug. 22 at Coors Field, using all of his pitches. He expects to go to the team's complex in Scottsdale, Ariz., and get some action under game conditions.