Injuries: Betts, McClanahan, Gunnar, R. Suárez

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Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman, Dodgers

Betts, who missed both games of the Tokyo Series due to illness, was originally in the Freeway Series exhibition lineup on March 23 but was scratched due to a bout of vomiting. His status for the domestic opener on March 27 against the Tigers is doubtful.

Ohtani (recovery from right elbow surgery) is expected to throw a bullpen session in the coming days.

Freeman returned to the lineup on March 23 after he was sidelined for both games of the Tokyo Series due to left rib discomfort.

Shane McClanahan, Rays

McClanahan, who left his March 22 start with left triceps tightness, was diagnosed with nerve irritation and will begin the season on the injured list.

Gunnar Henderson, Grayson Rodriguez, Félix Bautista and Jorge Mateo, Orioles

Henderson (mild right intercostal strain) will begin the season on the injured list, general manager Mike Elias said on March 23. The O's are hoping that it will be a short IL stint.

Rodriguez, who will start the season on the IL due to right elbow inflammation, received a cortisone shot. He is now routinely playing catch from 75 feet.

Bautista (Tommy John surgery recovery) has pitched in four Grapefruit League games, but the team is still unsure whether he'll be ramped up in time for Opening Day.

Mateo (left UCL reconstruction surgery) has played in four Grapefruit League games, but he remains "pretty doubtful" for Opening Day, per manager Brandon Hyde.

Ranger Suárez and Matt Strahm, Phillies

Suárez (sore back) will begin the season on the IL. The left-hander will be eligible to be activated as early as April 8, but he will need more time than that, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said on March 24.

Strahm (left shoulder soreness) struck out three in a scoreless inning on March 22 at Carpenter Complex. It was his first game action since March 5. A left middle fingernail issue prevented him from making his scheduled appearance on March 24, but he is still expected to be ready for Opening Day.

Sean Murphy, Braves

Murphy (cracked left rib) has been cleared to resume some baseball activities and is taking dry swings.

Clarke Schmidt, Ian Hamilton, Giancarlo Stanton and DJ LeMahieu, Yankees

Schmidt, who was scratched from a scheduled start on March 17 due to fatigue in his right shoulder, will open the season on the IL, GM Brian Cashman said March 22. Schmidt has also been dealing with back stiffness, Cashman said.

Hamilton will also begin the season on the IL while recovering from an infection, Cashman said.

Stanton has still not resumed baseball activities as of March 22. He said on March 8 that his tendon injuries are considered “severe in both elbows." Stanton received a third round of PRP injections on March 10. He's also dealing with a minor calf issue.

LeMahieu has begun taking ground balls as of March 22 as he recovers from a left calf strain suffered on March 1. He had already resumed swinging a bat, hitting off a tee and moving around in mid-March.

Alexis Díaz, Spencer Steer and Andrew Abbott, Reds

Reds manager Terry Francona said on March 23 that Díaz will start the season on the injured list as the reliever deals with the effects of a left hamstring injury sustained during pitcher’s fielding practice earlier in camp.

Steer (right shoulder soreness) will open the season on the IL, manager Terry Francona said on March 22. Steer began hitting in a Minor League game on March 20 and took more swings against Reds reliever Scott Barlow during live batting practice on March 21.

Abbott (left shoulder) will begin the season on the injured list.

Victor Robles and George Kirby, Mariners

Robles, who was hit by a pitch on March 22, was diagnosed with a right hand contusion. X-rays came back negative, and he is considered day-to-day.

Kirby was shut down from throwing on March 7 due to right shoulder inflammation and will begin the season on the injured list. He played catch for roughly 20 throws at 60 feet on March 21.

Vinnie Pasquantino, Kyle Wright and Alec Marsh, Royals

Pasquantino exited the Royals’ final Cactus League game on March 22 with a right hamstring strain. He was scheduled to be re-evaluated on March 23.

Wright, who missed the entire 2024 season rehabbing from right shoulder surgery, threw his first live BP on March 20.

Marsh (right shoulder soreness) threw in a Minor League game on March 19, his first game action of the year.

Zack Gelof, Athletics

Gelof was scheduled to undergo surgery on March 24 to address a hook of the hamate fracture of his right hand and will be sidelined through at least the first month of the season.

Connor Norby, Ryan Weathers and Edward Cabrera, Marlins

Norby exited Miami's game on March 22 with a left oblique injury after sliding into third base with a triple. He was scheduled to undergo imaging on March 24 in Miami to determine the severity of his injury. His Opening Day status is in jeopardy.

Weathers is expected to miss four to six weeks after being diagnosed with a left forearm strain on March 20.

Cabrera (right middle finger blister) will begin the season on the injured list, with the expectation of missing the first two turns through the rotation. He had a bullpen session scheduled for March 24.

Max Scherzer, Daulton Varsho and Alek Manoah, Blue Jays

Scherzer (right thumb soreness) threw four scoreless innings on 62 pitches on March 22 in Fort Myers and reported feeling good the following day.

Manager John Schneider announced on March 22 that Varsho (right shoulder surgery) will start the season on the injured list.

Manoah threw off a mound on March 15 for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery last June. He threw off a mound again on March 22.

Christian Walker, Lance McCullers Jr. and Luis Garcia, Astros

Walker (sore left oblique) has missed most of the spring with his injury, but he will get at-bats in Minor League games on March 23-25 and will be ready for Opening Day.

McCullers (right flexor tendon surgery) threw a scoreless inning in his first Grapefruit League game on March 18. It was McCullers' first game action in about 28 months.

Garcia (Tommy John surgery) has been shut down with right elbow soreness and will be evaluated by team doctors. He had been scheduled to throw his first live batting practice session of the spring on March 20.

Yu Darvish, Matt Waldron and Jhony Brito, Padres

Darvish will miss the start of the season with right elbow inflammation.

Waldron will be out through Opening Day after he suffered a left oblique strain while warming up in the bullpen on March 14. As of March 21, he had yet to resume throwing.

Brito had right elbow soreness and diminished velocity in his final spring appearance and has since backed off of throwing.

Brooks Lee, Brock Stewart and Royce Lewis, Twins

Lee (lower back strain) and Stewart (left hamstring strain) said on March 23 that they will begin the regular season on IL.

Lewis (left hamstring) will miss Opening Day after an MRI revealed a moderate strain. He exited the Twins' game on March 16 after pulling up lame while running to first base in the second inning.

Parker Meadows, Matt Vierling and Alex Cobb, Tigers

Meadows will get four weeks of rest while he waits for a nerve in his upper right arm to heal, manager A.J. Hinch said on March 22. A test indicated no damage to the musculocutaneous nerve, which has kept him sidelined since the first game of Spring Training last month.

Vierling (right rotator cuff muscle strain) began a hitting progression the week of March 17 and was cleared to advance his shoulder strengthening program after a three-week checkup exam.

Cobb (right hip inflammation) was scheduled to throw his third bullpen session of the spring on March 23.

Jerar Encarnacion and Jung Hoo Lee, Giants

Encarnacion will miss an extended period of the regular season with a hairline fracture in his left hand and was scheduled to undergo surgery on March 24.

Lee (back tightness) returned to action for the March 23 exhibition game against Triple-A Sacramento.

Jared Jones, Pirates

Jones will not pitch again in Spring Training after reporting right elbow discomfort to the Pirates after his bullpen session on March 16. The club is still learning about the severity of Jones' injury.

Nico Hoerner, Cubs

Hoerner (right flexor tendon surgery) made his Cactus League debut on March 21 and is expected to be ready for the Cubs' domestic opener on March 27.

Masataka Yoshida, Brayan Bello, Kutter Crawford, and Lucas Giolito, Red Sox

Yoshida (right shoulder labrum tear) continues to DH in Grapefruit League games, but he is only throwing at 100 feet as of March 22, manager Alex Cora said. He will continue to get regular at-bats in Fort Myers after the team breaks camp and then will join Triple-A Worcester for a rehab assignment.

Bello (right shoulder inflammation) started a Minor League game on March 22, marking his first start of camp. He will miss two to three turns in the rotation at the start of the season as he continues to build his pitch count.

Crawford (right patellar soreness) is scheduled to throw two side sessions this week and should advance to live batting practice by next week.

Giolito will begin the season on the injured list with a low-grade left hamstring strain. He is throwing off the mound again and should only miss two to three starts at the beginning of the regular season.

Thairo Estrada, Rockies

Estrada suffered a non-displaced fracture in his right wrist and will miss “anywhere from 4-8 weeks,” manager Bud Black said March 21.

Brice Turang, Nick Mears, Tobias Myers and Brandon Woodruff, Brewers

Turang (right arm fatigue) underwent testing after reporting discomfort in his throwing arm. An MRI showed no structural damage and he is expected to be ready for Opening Day, although he may be limited to second base duties.

Mears will begin the season on the IL as he continues to recover from an illness.

Myers will begin the season on the injured list after being diagnosed with a left oblique strain. But a return to action before the end of April is in play based on the results of an MRI scan, manager Pat Murphy said on March 17.

Woodruff (right shoulder surgery) started against the Guardians on March 16. It was his first time pitching in a Major League game in 18 months.

Drew Thorpe and Josh Rojas, White Sox

Thorpe will undergo Tommy John surgery in the near future, the White Sox announced on March 22.

Rojas (hairline fracture in right big toe) will likely begin the season on the IL.

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