Injuries: Ohtani, Rafaela, Correa, Judge, Happ, Caglianone

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

Shohei Ohtani, Dalton Rushing, Edwin Díaz and Roki Sasaki, Dodgers

Ohtani (left knee, right biceps, neck) was held out of the lineup as a hitter from Sept. 3-6. The Dodgers are weighing a potential IL stint. 

Rushing was out of the lineup from Sept. 5-6 due to right elbow soreness.

Díaz (neck inflammation) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sept. 6. 

Sasaki (right middle finger blister) felt good after a Sept. 4 bullpen session and could possibly return shortly after he becomes eligible on Sept. 11.

Ceddanne Rafaela, Garrett Crochet and Tanner Houck, Red Sox

Rafaela (right quadriceps strain) was placed on the 10-day IL on Sept. 6. 

Crochet (left shoulder inflammation) threw off the mound on Sept. 4 for the first time since suffering his injury. 

Houck (torn right UCL, right flexor pronator strain) will begin a rehab assignment on Sept. 8 with Double-A Portland.

Carlos Correa, Astros

Correa (left ankle surgery) took ground balls and hit in the cages at the club's Spring Training facility on Sept. 5. He is scheduled to hit on the field on Sept. 7.

Aaron Judge, Trent Grisham, Giancarlo Stanton and Ryan Weathers, Yankees

Judge (right rib stress fracture) ran the bases and did outfield work on Sept. 6 and is expected to face live pitching on Sept. 7. He is hoping to return during the Yankees' next homestand running from Sept. 8-13.

Grisham was placed on the 10-day IL on Sept. 5 with a right hamstring strain. Further testing revealed a Grade 2 strain, which could keep him out for the remainder of the regular season. 

Stanton (left calf strain) has continued hitting since suffering his setback on Aug. 20 and has not officially been ruled out for the year. 

Weathers (left forearm flexor strain) resumed throwing on Sept. 6.

Ian Happ and Justin Steele, Cubs

Happ was a late scratch on Sept. 6 due to left knee discomfort. He will undergo further testing on Sept. 7. 

Steele (left elbow flexor strain) made his second rehab appearance on Sept. 6 with Triple-A Iowa. A 2026 return in a relief role remains possible.

Jac Caglianone, Royals

Caglianone will be shut down from throwing for a few days after imaging revealed a Grade 1 flexor strain in his left elbow. He left the Royals' game on Sept. 5 after two innings.

Geraldo Perdomo, Corbin Burnes, Zac Gallen, Ryne Nelson and Michael Soroka, D-backs

Perdomo left the D-backs' Sept. 6 game with a head contusion after being hit on the helmet by a line drive

Burnes (Tommy John surgery, teres major strain) is expected to return to the Majors and pitch on Sept. 8 against the Royals. 

Gallen (right elbow inflammation) threw four innings and 60 pitches in a simulated game on Sept. 4 and reported feeling good after. The club plans to activate him during the upcoming Sept. 7-9 series in Kansas City.

Nelson (right flexor strain/right UCL sprain) began a rehab assignment with Single-A Visalia on Sept. 5. 

Soroka (right shoulder inflammation) threw four innings and 59 pitches in a simulated game on Sept. 4 and is expected to return during the Sept. 7-9 Royals series.

Chase DeLauter, Colin Holderman and Shawn Armstrong, Guardians

DeLauter remains day-to-day with a right wrist sprain that he suffered in Game 2 of the Guardians' doubleheader on Sept. 4. He was out of the lineup through Sept. 6. 

Holderman was placed on the 15-day IL on Sept. 4 with right wrist inflammation. He hopes to return sometime this month.

Armstrong (left calf strain) will join Triple-A Columbus in the week of Sept. 7 to throw live BP and later begin a rehab assignment.

Jameson Taillon, Shane Bieber, Trey Yesavage and Anthony Santander, Blue Jays

Taillon, activated off the 15-day IL (right forearm tendinitis) to start on Sept. 4, left his Friday night start after two innings due to right elbow discomfort. He was placed back on the 15-day IL on Sept. 5.

Bieber (right teres major inflammation) plans to get back on the mound for the first time since the injury later in the week of Sept. 7. 

Yesavage (left meniscus surgery) felt good after his most recent 23-pitch bullpen. He'll throw another on Sept. 7 before potentially facing hitters on Sept. 10.

Santander (left shoulder labral surgery) expects to begin a rehab assignment by Sept. 9 or 10.

Luis Robert Jr., Orioles

Robert Jr. (left hamstring discomfort) was placed on the 10-day IL on Sept. 6.

Joe Ryan, Twins

Ryan (mild left glute strain) is expected to return on Sept. 7.

Jack Flaherty and Matt Vierling, Tigers

Flaherty (right flexor inflammation) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Sept. 6. He will likely require at least one more appearance before potentially returning.

Vierling (left adductor strain, left heel soreness) was placed on the 60-day IL on Sept. 6, effectively ending his 2026 season.

Garrett Cleavinger, Rays

Cleavinger was placed on the 15-day IL on Sept. 5 with left forearm tightness.

Masyn Winn, Cardinals

Winn (left thumb fracture) was still experiencing some pain while taking batting practice on Sept. 4, ruling out a Sept. 5 return. He felt better while taking swings the next day.

Josh Jung, Nathan Eovaldi and Jack Leiter, Rangers

Jung (left calf strain) will take live batting practice with Double-A Frisco on Sept. 7, after which he could begin a rehab assignment. 

Eovaldi (right posterior elbow inflammation) threw a roughly 40-pitch bullpen session on Sept. 5. Depending on how he recovers, he could next progress to a live batting practice session.

Leiter (right ankle arthroscopic surgery) still was not throwing as of Sept. 5 after experiencing biceps soreness in his last rehab outing. Based on the number of games left on the schedule, he is unlikely to return as a starter in 2026.

Ke'Bryan Hayes, Reds

Hayes (left groin strain) was scheduled to run the bases on Sept. 6 to test his healing.

Ryan O'Hearn, Pirates

O'Hearn (left quad strain) is likely to begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Indianapolis on Sept. 8. He could return as soon as Sept. 11.