This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Padres injury news and transactions.
LATEST INJURIES
RHP Jeremiah Estrada
Injury: Right shoulder impingement
IL date: Aug. 26 (15-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 25)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Landed on the IL for a third time this season -- with three different injuries. Per manager Craig Stammen, team is optimistic he'll return "for the stretch run." (Last updated: Aug. 26) More >>
RHP Yu Darvish
Injury: Right UCL internal brace surgery
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent an internal brace procedure on his right elbow last October. Will miss the 2026 season and was placed on the restricted list on March 25. Has progressed to throwing bullpens. (Last updated: Aug. 26) More >>
RHP Casey Mize
Injury: Right ankle sprain
Expected return: Aug. 28
Status: Left his Aug. 22 start against the Twins after slipping on the dugout steps. X-rays came back negative. Threw an Aug. 26 bullpen session and is scheduled to start Aug. 28. (Last updated: Aug. 26) More >>
RHP Nick Pivetta
Injury: Right elbow inflammation
IL date: April 14 (retroactive to April 13; transferred to 60-day IL on June 2)
Expected return: September
Status: Pitched three innings and threw 47 pitches in a rehab start with Single-A Lake Elsinore on Aug. 25. Seems to have moved past an early-August setback. (Last updated: Aug. 25) More >>
IF Miguel Andujar
Injury: Right wrist fracture
IL date: July 20 (10-day IL)
Expected return: September
Status: Sustained fracture when he was hit by a pitch on July 19 in Kansas City. Is taking swings off a tee and doing other baseball activities. (Last updated Aug. 25)
RHP Jason Adam
Injury: Right shoulder strain
IL date: July 2 (15-day IL, retroactive to June 30)
Expected return: September
Status: MRI revealed no major structural damage, merely a strain in the subscapularis muscle. Has been playing catch and will throw off a mound in the coming days at the team's complex in Peoria, Ariz. (Last updated: Aug. 25) More >>
RHP Joe Musgrove
Injury: Tommy John surgery
IL date: March 25 (transferred to 60-day IL on May 7)
Expected return: Early September
Status: Threw a bullpen at Petco Park on Aug. 22. Will make fourth rehab start with Triple-A El Paso on Aug. 27. Could rejoin the rotation after that. (Last updated: Aug. 24) More >>
OF Samad Taylor
Injury: Right oblique strain
IL date: July 8 (10-day IL)
Expected return: Late August
Status: Injured on a swing during July 7 game vs. Arizona. Began swinging again in early August and began a rehab stint with Triple-A El Paso on Aug. 18. (Last updated: Aug. 18)
RHP Lucas Giolito
Injury: Right elbow inflammation
IL date: June 23 (retroactive to June 22; transferred to 60-day IL on Aug. 24)
Expected return: TBD
Status: Experienced elbow soreness after his outing on June 21. Is continuing throwing progression at the team's complex in Arizona with uncertain return timeline. (Last updated: Aug. 9)
OF Ramón Laureano
Injury: Right hip inflammation
IL date: June 2 (transferred to 60-day IL on June 5)
Expected return: Possibly October, likely 2027
Status: Underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip on June 5. First sustained the injury in 2021, but it recurred and worsened over the season's first two months. Likely to miss the remainder of the season. (Last updated: June 5)
RHP Bryan Hoeing
Injury: Right elbow flexor tendon
IL date: March 25 (transferred to 60-day IL on April 22)
Expected return: 2027
Status: Underwent surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his right elbow on March 17 and will miss the 2026 season. (Last updated: March 25)
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
Aug. 26
• RHP Jeremiah Estrada placed on 15-day IL (right shoulder impingement)
• RHP David Morgan recalled from Triple-A El Paso
Aug. 24
• OF Dustin Harris selected from Triple-A El Paso
• INF Sung-Mun Song optioned to Triple-A El Paso
• RHP Lucas Giolito transferred to the 60-day injured list
Aug. 12
• RHP David Morgan activated from 15-day IL and optioned to Triple-A El Paso