Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.
Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers
Betts (illness) returned to action March 25 for the Dodgers’ spring finale at Angel Stadium, playing five innings at shortstop and going 0-for-3 in three at-bats.
Ohtani (recovery from right elbow surgery) will throw a bullpen session on March 29, his first since Feb. 25.
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 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.
Mateo (left UCL reconstruction surgery) has played in four Grapefruit League games, but he remains "pretty doubtful" for Opening Day, per manager Brandon Hyde.
Jared Jones, Pirates
Jones (right elbow discomfort) has no torn ligaments in his elbow and will not require surgery, sources told MLB.com. He will instead go six weeks without throwing.
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.
Vinnie Pasquantino and Kyle Wright, Royals
Pasquantino's readiness for Opening Day is still unclear after he suffered a Grade 1-plus right hamstring strain on March 22, but he’s doing everything he can to ensure he’s in the lineup on March 27.
Wright, who missed the entire 2024 season rehabbing from right shoulder surgery, threw his first live batting practice session on March 20.
Jordan Montgomery, Kevin Ginkel and Kendall Graveman, D-backs
Montgomery said on March 25 that he will undergo Tommy John surgery next week, ending his 2025 season.
Ginkel will start the season on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation, but manager Torey Lovullo said he does not expect Ginkel to miss much more than the required 15 days of his IL stint.
Graveman (back tightness) will throw a bullpen on April 1 and will be re-evaluated then.
Corey Seager and Josh Jung, Rangers
Seager sat out the Rangers' March 24 exhibition against the Royals with a sore calf, but the team does not think the issue is serious.
Manager Bruce Bochy said Jung was scratched from the lineup for the Rangers' March 25 exhibition because of a nagging stiff neck, but the team doesn't consider the issue serious.
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.
George Kirby, Mariners
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.
Connor Norby, Ryan Weathers and Edward Cabrera, Marlins
The Marlins announced on March 25 that Norby will open the season on the injured list after he was diagnosed with a Grade 1 left oblique strain.
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 has a simulated game scheduled for March 26.
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.
Triston Casas, Lucas Giolito, Masataka Yoshida and Brayan Bello, Red Sox
Casas (right hand soreness) was feeling better March 25 and should be in the lineup on Opening Day, manager Alex Cora said. Casas barehanded a well-struck ball on March 24 in Monterrey, Mexico, and was out of the lineup on March 25.
Giolito will begin the season on the injured list with a low-grade left hamstring strain. Giolito pitched two innings at the Red Sox complex on March 23 and should only miss two to three starts at the beginning of the regular season.
Yoshida (right shoulder labrum tear) continues to DH in Grapefruit League games, but he is only throwing at 100 feet as of March 22, 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 around April 1.
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.
Parker Meadows, Wenceel Pérez, Matt Vierling and Alex Cobb, Tigers
Meadows (right upper arm nerve discomfort) was placed on the 60-day injured list on March 24. He will refrain from throwing for four weeks after undergoing a nerve conduction test, but he has begun daily conditioning, defensive drills and rehab.
Pérez (back inflammation) is scheduled to receive the first of two cortisone injections on March 28 and is expected to miss at least a 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) is scheduled to throw his fourth bullpen session of the spring on March 26.
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., Luis Garcia and Kaleb Ort, Astros
Walker (sore left oblique) homered in a Minor League game on March 24 and will be ready for Opening Day.
McCullers (right flexor tendon surgery) threw 1 2/3 innings and 33 pitches in a Minor League game on March 24. He is on track to make his next start with Triple-A Sugar Land.
Garcia (Tommy John surgery) has been shut down with right elbow soreness. He traveled back to Houston with the Astros on March 23 and is scheduled to see a doctor on March 25.
Ort (left oblique) will throw live batting practice on March 27.
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 the 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.
Jerar Encarnacion, Giants
Encarnacion will miss an extended period of the regular season with a hairline fracture in his left hand and is scheduled to undergo surgery the week of March 24.
Vidal Bruján, Javier Assad, Tyson Miller and Nico Hoerner, Cubs
Bruján (right elbow contusion) is being evaluated after running into the Sloan Park wall on a catch attempt on March 22.
Assad (mild left oblique strain) threw a 40-pitch bullpen session on March 22 and is due to face hitters in live batting practice next. He will start the season on the 15-day IL.
Miller (left hip impingement) will be placed on the 15-day injured list due to a setback, manager Craig Counsell said.
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.
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.
