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

Yordan Alvarez, Jose Altuve, Justin Verlander, Jake Bloss and Victor Caratini, Astros

Alvarez was struck on the right knee by a 94 mph fastball in the sixth inning Saturday and was hobbled after the game. Alvarez initially stayed in the game and ran the bases, but didn't bat in the eighth inning. The same knee was hit by a pitch on June 26.

Altuve (left hand contusion) could return to the starting lineup Sunday after leaving Friday's game in the eighth inning when he was struck on the left hand by a 94.3 mph sinker. X-rays were negative. He was on deck to pinch-hit at the end of the seventh inning Saturday for Alvarez, but wound up not playing.

Verlander (neck stiffness) is playing catch from 60 feet every other day, according to manager Joe Espada. There is still no timetable for his return.

Bloss (right shoulder discomfort) will begin a rehab stint with Triple-A Sugar Land on Saturday.

Caratini (left hip flexor strain) has resumed hitting in the cage, running and throwing and is rejoined the club this weekend to continue his rehab. More >

Julio Rodríguez, Mariners

Rodríguez left Saturday’s game before the second inning with discomfort in his lower right quad area, manager Scott Servais said. He will undergo an MRI on Saturday night. More >

Ketel Marte, Brandon Pfaadt and Eduardo Rodriguez, D-backs

Marte was removed for a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of Friday's game due to back tightness. He was out of Saturday's lineup and is considered day to day.

Pfaadt took a comebacker off his left foot/ankle area in Saturday's start in the fifth inning and was removed from the game. He was later diagnosed with a left ankle contusion.

Rodriguez (left lat strain) underwent another MRI on Saturday, showing that his lat healed. So he will begin to ramp up his throwing program. More >

Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto, Phillies

Schwarber (left groin strain) ran the bases at 100% intensity and took batting practice on the field before Saturday's game. All went well and manager Rob Thomson said that, barring a setback, Schwarber is expected to be activated before the team’s series opener against the Dodgers on Tuesday.

Harper (left hamstring strain) ran on the field and took batting practice on Saturday. He is not running at 100% intensity, but he is close. Thomson did not rule out the possibility that Harper could rejoin the team as early as Tuesday against the Dodgers, but it is not as close to a certainty as Schwarber.

Realmuto (right knee surgery) took batting practice on the field on Saturday, ran on the field on Friday and continues to do catching drills. The All-Star Game is July 16, and Thomson continues to say that Realmuto’s return is most likely to come after the break, but he would not rule out the possibility he returns beforehand. More >

Gleyber Torres, Yankees

Torres was removed from Friday's game against the Red Sox with right groin tightness after running out an infield single in the fourth inning. Torres, who has been playing through a groin issue for several weeks, was not in Saturday's lineup. More >

Kyle Hendricks, Yency Almonte Pete Crow-Armstrong, Mark Leiter Jr. and Javier Assad, Cubs

Hendricks logged two innings in Saturday's start against the Angels before bowing out due to what the team announced as tightness in his lower back.

After seeking a second opinion on his shoulder injury, Almonte has opted to undergo surgery on his right shoulder and is done for the season.

Crow-Armstrong, who has a laceration on his left thumb sustained while stealing a base on Wednesday, is still experiencing some swelling and is day to day. He was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game Saturday.

Leiter (right forearm strain) faced hitters in a live BP session on Saturday, and the plan is to activate the reliever during the team's road trip, which begins Tuesday.

Assad (right forearm extensor strain) threw off a bullpen mound on Friday. More >

Max Muncy, Clayton Kershaw and Jason Heyward, Dodgers

Muncy’s oblique injury hasn’t progressed nearly as quickly as the Dodgers had hoped. The third baseman had been taking swings off a tee but has since stopped, and he will need a lengthy rehab assignment when he does resume baseball activities.

Kershaw (left shoulder surgery) threw about 30 pitches in a bullpen session on Thursday, a positive step in the right direction for the left-hander. If everything checks out well afterward, the next step for Kershaw would be a simulated game likely at Dodger Stadium. After that, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he believes Kershaw would need about two or three rehab starts before he’s ready to return to the rotation.

Heyward left early from Thursday's game with what the team called left knee pain and was placed on the injured list on Friday with a left knee bone bruise. More >

Xander Bogaerts, Padres

Bogaerts (left shoulder fracture) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A El Paso on Thursday. It remains unclear whether he might be activated from the IL before the All-Star break. More >

Mike Trout and Luis Rengifo, Angels

Manager Ron Washington said on Friday that Trout (torn meniscus in left knee) has resumed running on a treadmill and hitting off a tee on the field. Trout is hopeful to return by late July.

Rengifo was placed on the 10-day IL Friday with right wrist inflammation. Imaging on his wrist revealed no further concerns. More >

Royce Lewis, Twins

Lewis was placed on the 10-day IL Wednesday with a left adductor strain but said Thursday that he was optimistic that the injury would not keep him sidelined for long. More >

Jack Flaherty, Tigers

Flaherty rejoined the Tigers on Saturday in Cincinnati as he continues to recover from a back issue that has resulted in two injections. If things continue to go well, he will start Thursday's game against the Guardians at Comerica Park. More >

Josh Smith and Dane Dunning, Rangers

Smith was out of the lineup for the second consecutive game Saturday due to glute soreness.

Dunning was placed on the injured list on Friday with right shoulder tightness. More >

Chris Martin, Red Sox

Martin was placed on the injured list on Friday with right elbow inflammation, retroactive to Thursday. More >

Germán Márquez, Rockies

Márquez (Tommy John surgery) threw 70 pitches over 3 2/3 innings in his next-to-last planned injury rehab start on Thursday. More >

David Bednar, Jared Jones and Bailey Falter, Pirates

Bednar (left oblique strain) threw a live batting practice Saturday, facing five batters and throwing 21 pitches. It was Bednar's first live session since landing on the injured list on June 23.

A day after being placed on the injured list with a lat strain, Pirates manager Derek Shelton said on Friday that Jones was diagnosed with a Grade 2 lat strain and will not throw for about two weeks.

The Pirates announced that Falter was taken out Saturday's start in the third inning due to left posterior arm discomfort, and he is being evaluated and treated by the medical staff. His status is day to day. More >

Edward Cabrera, Marlins

Although manager Skip Schumaker didn't technically say on Saturday that Cabrera (right shoulder impingement) would be activated for Sunday's game against the White Sox, he did grin and say Cabrera would "start this weekend." More >

Yimi García, Blue Jays

García (right elbow ulnar neuritis) threw a 21-pitch bullpen session Wednesday and came out of it feeling strong, so the next step is a rehab game in Triple-A Buffalo, which is scheduled for Saturday. More >

Matt McLain, TJ Friedl, Nick Lodolo and Luke Maile, Reds

Manager David Bell said Saturday that McLain, who has been out all season after undergoing left shoulder surgery in March, has been cleared for baseball activities.

Friedl (right hamstring strain) has been playing catch and swinging off a tee as of late and is scheduled to have another MRI on Monday.

Lodolo (left finger blister) threw a side session before Saturday's game against the Tigers. If all goes well, he is expected to return Tuesday and start against Colorado.

Maile was placed on the injured list on Friday with a herniated disc. More >

Tommy Edman and Iván Herrera, Cardinals

Edman (right wrist surgery) will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Springfield on Tuesday.

Herrera (lower back tightness) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Memphis on Thursday. More >