Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.
Rafael Devers and Harrison Bader, Giants
Devers was scratched from the Giants' lineup against the Dodgers on Feb. 27 due to left hamstring tightness. He will rest for 2-4 days as of Feb. 28.
Bader left the Giants' Feb. 27 game with a right thumb contusion. He will not hit until at least March 2.
Blake Snell and Brusdar Graterol, Dodgers
Snell slow-played his offseason throwing program due to lingering left shoulder discomfort. He is set to ramp up his throwing progression by playing catch out to 120 feet, but it is very unlikely he'll be ready by Opening Day.
Graterol (recovery from right shoulder surgery) is only playing catch right now. His velocity is down from where it is expected to be, so the Dodgers are slow-playing his ramp-up.
Zack Wheeler, Phillies
On Feb. 26, Wheeler threw his first bullpen session since undergoing thoracic outlet decompression surgery on Sept. 23, throwing 21 pitches -- all fastballs -- at 80-85 percent effort. Manager Rob Thomson said Wheeler's session could mark the beginning of a six-week ramp-up to “possibly” make him big league game ready by the end of it.
Royce Lewis, Pablo López, Joe Ryan, David Festa and Julian Merryweather, Twins
Lewis was scratched from the Twins' lineup on Feb. 26 "out of an abundance of caution" after experiencing right side tightness. His MRI came back clean.
López underwent elbow surgery on Feb. 25 with Dr. Keith Meister in Texas for a repair of his right UCL with an internal brace, rather than a full reconstruction. López will still miss all of the 2026 season.
Ryan (back inflammation) will throw a bullpen session on Feb. 28 and could get into a game soon after the team's March 2 off-day. His status for the upcoming World Baseball Classic remains undetermined.
Festa was diagnosed with an impingement in his throwing shoulder and will not pick up a ball for “a couple of weeks,” according to Twins head athletic trainer Nick Paparesta.
Merryweather was diagnosed with a Grade 1 hamstring strain and is expected to miss 3-4 weeks before he can return to games.
Cam Schlittler, Anthony Volpe, Oswaldo Cabrera and Gerrit Cole, Yankees
Schlittler (left lat/midsection discomfort) faced hitters in live batting practice Feb. 25, throwing approximately 25 pitches. He could pitch in Grapefruit League games during the first week of March, and he is expected to be ready for the start of the season, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
Volpe (left shoulder labrum tear) has resumed hitting drills, including tee-and-toss exercises, as of Feb. 25. He is participating in all defensive and baserunning drills but will not dive until April.
Cabrera (recovery from left ankle surgery) is participating in most drills during Spring Training and is “getting close” to game action.
Cole faced live hitters on Feb. 20 for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery, throwing about 20 pitches and sitting 95-96 mph.
Kyle Stowers, Janson Junk and Anthony Bender, Marlins
Stowers was scratched from the Marlins' Feb. 28 lineup to undergo imaging for right hamstring tightness.
Junk (Grade 1 right ankle sprain) threw 15-18 pitches off a mound on Feb. 25. According to manager Clayton McCullough, Junk is close to game action.
Bender (right tibia) once again threw to hitters on Feb. 27 and continues to move in a good direction, according to McCullough.
Samuel Basallo, Orioles
Basallo left Baltimore's Feb. 26 game due to right side/abdominal discomfort, which he felt while tagging out a runner on a relay throw to home plate in the third inning. Manager Craig Albernaz said Basallo will be back in the lineup at catcher March 1 against the Red Sox.
Merrill Kelly, D-backs
Kelly (intercostal nerve irritation) said on Feb. 25 that he doesn't think he'll be ready to start on Opening Day for the D-backs. Arizona is holding out hope that if Kelly can get back on a mound soon, he will not have to start the season on the injured list.
Brenton Doyle and Kyle Freeland, Rockies
Doyle was scratched from the Rockies' Feb. 25 lineup due to what an MRI revealed to be a sprained left wrist. He will rest before being reevaluated in a few days.
Freeland (mid-back spasms) threw a bullpen session on Feb. 24 and said all was good. He'll throw another soon, and manager Warren Schaeffer said Feb. 26 the hope is Freeland would pitch in a game within a week.
Stephen Kolek, Royals
Kolek (Grade 1+ left oblique strain) will be shut down for at least the next week, putting his status for Opening Day in doubt.
Patrick Sandoval, Kutter Crawford, Romy Gonzalez and Brendan Rodgers, Red Sox
Sandoval (left UCL repair) and Crawford (right wrist subsheath tear) each threw live batting practice on Feb. 27. However, neither has been put into the Grapefruit League rotation yet, casting doubt on if they can be stretched out by Opening Day. Both pitchers missed all of last season due to injuries.
Gonzalez (left shoulder) hasn't been able to participate in baseball activity besides playing catch, making it all but certain he won't be ready for Opening Day. He is recovering from a PRP injection from early February.
Rodgers (right shoulder soreness) is scheduled for an MRI after being injured in a Feb. 25 Grapefruit League game.
Troy Melton, Tigers
Melton (right elbow inflammation) will not throw for 1-2 weeks and is unlikely to be ready for Opening Day. He said Feb. 28 he wasn't too concerned the injury would be long term.
J.P. Crawford, Mariners
Crawford hasn't played in a Cactus League game yet due to right shoulder soreness and has been limited with infield drills on the back fields. It's similar to what he dealt with last year, manager Dan Wilson said, which did not impede his Opening Day status.
Chase DeLauter, Guardians
DeLauter was a late scratch from the Feb. 25 lineup due to lower body soreness, but he is eyeing a return to the lineup at DH in the coming days. He was scheduled to do some running Feb. 28.
Josh Jung and Sebastian Walcott, Rangers
Jung has a Grade 1 adductor strain and will be out about 10 days, manager Skip Schumaker said Feb. 28.
Walcott (MLB Pipeline's No. 7 overall prospect) had a successful internal brace surgery on his right elbow performed by the club’s team physician, Dr. Keith Meister, in Arlington last week, general manager Ross Fenstermaker announced on Feb. 24.
Yuki Matsui, Padres
Matsui (left groin strain) will not pitch for Team Japan in the World Baseball Classic. He has resumed playing catch but has yet to throw off a mound, and his status for Opening Day remains in question.
Andrew Benintendi and Luisangel Acuña, White Sox
Benintendi was scratched from the starting lineup against the Rangers on Feb. 27, but manager Will Venable said it was precautionary.
Acuña exited the Feb. 25 Cactus League game against the Reds after suffering a cut on his left eyebrow while sliding headfirst into second base on a stolen base in the fourth. He needed four stitches, per the White Sox.
Gavin Lux, Chandler Simpson and Taylor Walls, Rays
Lux "probably won't be on the field for a little bit," manager Kevin Cash said Feb. 26, as the Rays are taking a preventative approach to his general soreness entering camp.
Simpson (left hamstring tightness) has been held out of the first few games of Spring Training as a precaution but could be back in the lineup as early as Feb. 27.
Walls (left oblique tightness) is expected to return to the field as soon as Feb. 28.
Ricky Tiedemann, Blue Jays
Tiedemann, who missed much of 2024 and all of the '25 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, has been shut down for the next week with left elbow soreness. The good news is that an initial MRI showed “nothing structural” in Tiedemann’s elbow.