This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Orioles injury news and transactions.
LATEST INJURIES
RHP Grayson Rodriguez
Injury: Right elbow inflammation/right lat strain
IL date: March 27, retroactive to March 24 (15-day IL)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Rodriguez sustained a right lat strain while recovering from right elbow inflammation. He will be shut down from throwing until at least early May. (updated April 23) More >>
RHP Zach Eflin
Injury: Right lat strain
IL date: April 9, retroactive to April 8 (15-day IL)
Expected return: Likely May
Status: Eflin resumed throwing April 16, when he played catch. He is scheduled for a side session off a mound on either April 25 or 26. (updated April 23)
LHP Trevor Rogers
Injury: Right knee subluxation
IL date: March 27, retroactive to March 24 (15-day IL)
Expected return: Potentially May
Status: Rogers made his first rehab start for Double-A Chesapeake on April 23, allowing two runs in three innings during a 44-pitch outing vs. Altoona. (updated April 23)
RHP Cody Poteet
Injury: Right shoulder inflammation
IL date: April 22, retroactive to April 21 (15-day IL)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Poteet made his Orioles debut April 20 (five runs allowed over 2 2/3 innings vs. Cincinnati) and went on the IL two days later. (updated April 22)
RHP Andrew Kittredge
Injury: Left knee debridement
IL date: March 27, retroactive to March 24 (15-day IL)
Expected return: Potentially late May
Status: Kittredge is ahead of his initial rehab schedule and close to facing live hitters, meaning he could return before the end of May. (updated April 18)
RHP Kyle Bradish
Injury: Tommy John surgery
IL date: March 21 (60-day IL)
Expected return: Around August
Status: Bradish threw his first bullpen session on April 12. He remains on track for a return during the later part of the summer. (updated April 15)
RHP Tyler Wells
Injury: Right UCL repair surgery
IL date: March 23 (60-day IL)
Expected return: Around August
Status: Wells is expected to throw off a mound before the end of April. He's on track for a return in the later part of summer. (updated April 15)
RHP Chayce McDermott (Orioles' No. 4 prospect per MLB Pipeline)
Injury: Right lat strain
IL date: March 27, retroactive to March 24 (15-day IL)
Expected return: Potentially May
Status: McDermott has thrown multiple bullpen sessions and is scheduled to face live hitters in Sarasota, Fla., during the week of April 21. (updated April 15)
OF Enrique Bradfield Jr. (Orioles' No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline)
Injury: Left hamstring strain
IL date: April 11 (7-day IL)
Expected return: Mid-May
Status: The strain is mild and "not a huge deal," per GM Mike Elias. Bradfield shouldn't miss more than a few weeks. (updated April 15)
C/1B Samuel Basallo (Orioles' No. 1 prospect, MLB Pipeline's No. 12 overall)
Injury: Left hamstring strain/right elbow inflammation
IL date: April 5 (7-day MILB IL)
Expected return: Late April
Status: The hamstring strain is mild, so Basallo might return as a DH before the end of April. He could be catching again by mid-May. *(updated April 15)
OF Colton Cowser
Injury: Left thumb fracture
IL date: March 31 (10-day IL)
Expected return: Late May/early June
Status: Cowser fractured the thumb on a slide into first March 30. The bone is healing as he continues to condition and remain in game shape. (updated April 15)
RHP Albert Suárez
Injury: Right subscapularis strain
IL date: March 30, retroactive to March 29 (60-day IL)
Expected return: June or later
Status: Suárez will need to undergo an MRI to show his injury has healed before restarting a throwing program. That could happen by May. (updated April 12) More >>
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
April 22
• RHP Cody Poteet: Placed on 15-day injured list (right shoulder inflammation)
• RHP Brandon Young: Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk
April 20
• RHP Brandon Young: Optioned to Triple-A Norfolk
• RHP Cody Poteet: Recalled from Triple-A Norfolk
April 19
• RHP Brandon Young: Recalled from High-A Aberdeen
• RHP Scott Blewett: Designated for assignment