Injuries: Adley, Jax, Correa, Wood, Lombard, Braves

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Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.

Adley Rutschman, Willson Contreras, Tyron Guerrero and Garrett Crochet, Red Sox

Rutschman was out of the lineup for the second straight day on Sept. 1 due to ongoing discomfort in his hyperextended right elbow, an issue that is likely to require management for the remainder of the season. 

Contreras was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 31 with a left hamstring strain, a day after leaving Boston's 16-1 loss to the Yankees in the seventh inning. 

Guerrero was placed on the 15-day IL on Sept. 1 with right shoulder inflammation. The team is hopeful he can return shortly after he becomes eligible. 

Crochet (left shoulder inflammation) is currently playing catch off the mound and still hoping to return as a reliever late in the season.

Griffin Jax, Rays

Jax (right elbow discomfort) will return to start against the Mets on Sept. 2.

Carlos Correa, Astros

Correa (left ankle surgery) is ramping up the intensity of his workouts and running at 95 percent as of Sept. 1 as he targets a regular-season return.

James Wood, Nationals

Wood (left oblique strain) will return on Sept. 2 if he wakes up feeling good. He appeared in rehab games for Double-A Harrisburg on Aug. 30 and Sept. 1.

George Lombard Jr., Aaron Judge and Fernando Cruz, Yankees

Lombard (right knee discomfort) remained out of the lineup through Sept. 1 but was potentially available off the bench.

Judge (stress fracture in ribs) traveled with the club on their Aug. 31-Sept. 6 West Coast road trip with hopes to return sometime in September without a rehab assignment. 

Cruz (partially torn right UCL) is seeking a second opinion, but surgery remains an option. No decision had been made as of Aug. 30.

Reynaldo López and Robert Suarez, Braves

López (left knee inflammation) has made two rehab starts as of Aug. 31 and will make at least one more before potentially returning, as the Braves would like him to be available as a starter down the stretch.

Suarez (right elbow inflammation) was scheduled to throw the first of two bullpen sessions on Sept. 1.

Edward Cabrera, Shelby Miller, Pedro Ramírez, Dansby Swanson and Justin Steele, Cubs

Cabrera (right middle finger blister) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Sept. 1, throwing one inning, allowing a solo home run and striking out two. He is expected to return to the Cubs as a reliever.

Miller (right elbow surgery) made his latest rehab outing on Sept. 1 for Triple-A Iowa, working around two hits and a walk in a scoreless inning.

Ramírez was out of the starting lineup on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 after back spasms flared up on Aug. 30. He has resumed activity, and the Cubs are optimistic an IL stint won’t be necessary.

Swanson (left oblique strain) resumed swinging a bat on Aug. 31.

Steele (left elbow flexor strain) is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Iowa on Sept. 2.

Konnor Griffin, Pirates

Griffin (left ring finger injury) had his rehab assignment transferred to Triple-A Indianapolis on Sept. 1.

Byron Buxton and Joe Ryan, Twins

Buxton was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 30 with a right hip impingement. 

Ryan (mild left glute strain) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A St. Paul on Sept. 1, allowing a run on one hit over three innings with four strikeouts and no walks.

Luis Rengifo, Nick Pivetta, Gavin Sheets and Joe Musgrove, Padres

Rengifo, originally placed on the injured list with a right knee sprain, suffered a full tear of his ACL in addition to an MCL sprain and will miss the remainder of the 2026 season. 

Pivetta (right elbow inflammation) threw 4 1/3 innings in a rehab start with Triple-A El Paso on Aug. 30. 

Sheets was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 30 with a left foot sprain. He had been dealing with plantar fasciitis for a couple of months. 

Musgrove (Tommy John surgery) will likely make at least one more rehab start before potentially rejoining the Padres.

Corbin Burnes, Zac Gallen, Ryne Nelson, Ryan Thompson and Michael Soroka, D-backs

Burnes (Tommy John surgery, teres major strain) made his most recent rehab appearance on Aug. 29 with Triple-A Reno. He will pitch in a bridge camp game on Sept. 3.

Gallen (right elbow inflammation) made a rehab appearance for Triple-A Reno on Aug. 30 and is scheduled for a live batting practice session on Sept. 4.

Nelson (right flexor strain/right UCL sprain) threw a live batting practice session on Sept. 1.

Thompson (lower back strain) was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Sept. 1 and will not return during the regular season.

Soroka (right shoulder inflammation) had restarted his throwing program as of Aug. 31.

Edwin Díaz, Blake Treinen and Ben Casparius, Dodgers

Díaz (right-side neck inflammation) threw live batting practice on Sept. 1. After an additional live session, he could begin a rehab assignment.

Treinen (right elbow inflammation) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings in his Aug. 30 rehab outing with Triple-A Oklahoma City, which could be his final step before returning to the Dodgers.

Casparius (right shoulder inflammation) was shut down from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City due to arm fatigue. He last pitched for the Comets on Aug. 19.

Michael Massey and Carlos Estévez, Royals

Massey (concussion) is on track to return Sept. 2 if all goes well with his activity and testing on Sept. 1.

Estévez (right rotator cuff strain) is scheduled to undergo season-ending surgery on Sept. 8.

Tommy White, Shea Langeliers and Jacob Wilson, Athletics

Langeliers (torn meniscus in right knee) is traveling with the team to continue his rehab process. The A's have not completely ruled out the possibility of a 2026 return.

Wilson (left shoulder subluxation) is scheduled to undergo surgery on Sept. 9.

Nolan Schanuel, Angels

Schanuel (right intercostal muscle strain) started swinging a bat on Sept. 1.

Jameson Taillon, Blue Jays

Taillon (right forearm tendinitis) is tentatively scheduled to return on Sept. 4 against the Royals.

Slade Cecconi, Guardians

Cecconi (right arm fatigue) threw a bullpen session on Sept. 1 and expects to make a third rehab appearance before potentially returning, per manager Stephen Vogt.

Spencer Steer, Reds

Steer (right wrist sprain) will have his next follow-up exam on Sept. 11, where he hopes to be cleared to resume swinging the bat. A 2026 return remains unlikely.

Willy Adames, Adrian Houser and Sam Hentges, Giants

Adames (moderate left elbow sprain) plans to start light baseball activities during the week of Aug. 31. 

Houser (right flexor strain) is currently continuing his rehab program in San Francisco and has not been ruled out for the season.

Hentges (left forearm strain) has a mild flexor injury and will be shut down from throwing for a week.

Josh Jung, Rangers

Jung (left calf strain) began jogging again on Aug. 31 after being shut down for about two weeks. If all goes well, he could soon move on to a rehab assignment.

JJ Wetherholt, Masyn Winn and Andre Pallante, Cardinals

Wetherholt was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 30 with right wrist tendinitis. The Cardinals expect him to return sometime this season.

Winn (left thumb fracture) is continuing to improve. Manager Oliver Marmol is not ruling out a Sept. 3 return.

Pallante (right elbow inflammation) threw 50 pitches in live BP on Aug. 28 but will not return during the Cardinals' Sept. 1-3 series in Los Angeles.

Xavier Edwards, Marlins

Edwards was placed on the 10-day IL on Aug. 31 with a left thumb sprain.