Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured players across Major League Baseball.
Yu Darvish and Matt Waldron, Padres
Darvish will miss the start of the season with right elbow inflammation.
Waldron is also expected to miss the early portion of the season after he suffered a left oblique strain while warming up in the bullpen on March 14.
Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, Dodgers
Freeman was sidelined for both games of the Tokyo Series due to left rib discomfort.
Betts (illness) did not play in the Tokyo Series as he continues to recover from an illness.
Max Scherzer, Daulton Varsho and Alek Manoah, Blue Jays
Scherzer (right thumb soreness) faced Minor League hitters in a simulated game on March 17. He is scheduled to pitch for the Blue Jays on March 22, and if all goes well coming out of that game, the team expects him to be ready for his first start of the season.
Varsho (right shoulder surgery) is throwing at 105-120 feet. Manager John Schneider said the Blue Jays will have a decision on his readiness for Opening Day by March 22.
Manoah threw off a mound on March 15 for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery last June.
Paul Goldschmidt, Clarke Schmidt, Mark Leiter Jr., Gerrit Cole and Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees
Goldschmidt said on March 21 that his back feels “100 percent, or very, very close to it,” one day after participating in live batting practice drills at George M. Steinbrenner Field. The veteran first baseman continues to believe he will be ready for Opening Day.
Schmidt, who was scratched from a scheduled start on March 17 due to fatigue in his right shoulder, threw live batting practice on March 20, but he might not be ready to pitch April 3 against the D-backs at Yankee Stadium.
Leiter Jr. was scratched from his March 13 appearance with back discomfort. He threw approximately 30 pitches in a bullpen session on March 16 and 18 pitches in another session March 19.
Cole underwent season-ending Tommy John surgery on March 11. The procedure, performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, was a complete UCL reconstruction that also included an internal brace.
Stanton said on March 8 that his tendon injuries are considered “severe in both elbows," and he is unsure when he can resume baseball activities. Stanton received a third round of PRP injections on March 10. He's also dealing with a minor calf issue.
Ranger Suárez and Matt Strahm, Phillies
Suárez's sore back is better, but there is a long way to go before knowing if he will make his first scheduled start in the rotation. He has a throwing session scheduled for March 22.
Strahm hasn't pitched since March 5 because of inflammation and a bone bruise in his left shoulder. However, he said he is pain-free. Strahm played catch from 75 feet on March 14. He planned to play catch from 90 feet on March 16.
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.
Grayson Rodriguez, Gunnar Henderson and Jorge Mateo, Orioles
Rodriguez, who will start the season on the IL due to right elbow inflammation, played catch at 75 feet on March 18.
Henderson (mild right intercostal strain) hasn’t played in a Grapefruit League game since Feb. 27, but he took batting practice on the field on March 18 and remains hopeful that he'll be ready to play on Opening Day.
Mateo (left UCL reconstruction surgery) appeared in his first Grapefruit League game on March 16, but he remains "pretty doubtful" for Opening Day, per manager Brandon Hyde.
Nico Hoerner, Cubs
Hoerner (right flexor tendon surgery) missed the Tokyo Series but made his Cactus League debut on March 21 and is expected to be ready for the Cubs' domestic opener on March 27.
Jung Hoo Lee, Giants
Lee was scratched from the starting lineup on March 15 after waking up with a tight back. An MRI showed no structural damage.
Spencer Strider and Jurickson Profar, Braves
Strider (right elbow surgery) struck out six in his first big league action in nearly a year on March 17. He threw 2 2/3 perfect innings against the Red Sox.
Profar (jammed left wrist) returned to the Braves’ lineup on March 20.
Royce Lewis, Twins
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.
Brayan Bello, Kutter Crawford, Lucas Giolito and Masataka Yoshida, Red Sox
Bello is trending in the right direction after a bout of right shoulder inflammation at the start of Spring Training, but he will begin the season on the injured list, manager Alex Cora announced on March 11. Bello threw live batting practice on March 12 and did so again on March 17.
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, Cora said on March 13. He is expected to throw a bullpen session March 20 or 21.
Yoshida (right shoulder labrum tear) continues to DH in Grapefruit League games, but he is only throwing at 90 feet. He will be unavailable to start the season.
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 began a throwing program by playing catch on March 21.
Christian Walker, Lance McCullers Jr. and Luis Garcia, Astros
Walker (sore left oblique) has missed most of the spring with his injury, but he has resumed baseball drills and will get some at-bats in Minor League games during the final weekend of Grapefruit League play.
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.
Brice Turang, Nick Mears, Tobias Myers, Brandon Woodruff, Blake Perkins and Aaron Ashby, 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 open the season on the IL after he lost nine pounds while battling a stomach bug during the week of March 10.
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.
Perkins (right shin fracture) was cleared to resume limited activity on March 14 but has not yet been cleared for full baseball activities.
Ashby's (right oblique strain) symptoms were persisting as of March 14. "It might turn into a longer process than we thought," Murphy said.
Brandon Nimmo, Dedniel Núñez and Jeff McNeil, Mets
Nimmo (right knee soreness) played left field in a Grapefruit League game for the first time this spring on March 17 and is optimistic about playing on Opening Day.
Núñez (strained right flexor tendon) made his spring debut with a scoreless inning on March 17. He'll either be ready for Opening Day or will join the team slightly after that date.
McNeil has a low-grade right oblique strain and will miss Opening Day.
Jon Gray and Cody Bradford, Rangers
Gray was diagnosed with a right wrist fracture after he was struck by a 106.4 mph comebacker in his Cactus League start on March 14. He has been shut down for at least six weeks.
Bradford was scratched from his scheduled start on March 12 due to left elbow soreness. He will be shut down from throwing for at least four weeks before getting built back up.
Thairo Estrada, Rockies
Kicked in the head inadvertently on March 15, Estrada was "still a little fuzzy" on March 18, according to manager Bud Black, and was held out as a precaution.
Yoán Moncada and Zach Neto, Angels
Moncada (right thumb soreness) hasn’t played since March 12 but reported on March 17 that he felt confident he would be ready for Opening Day.
Although he will miss the start of the season, Neto is ahead of schedule in his recovery from right shoulder surgery. He has been throwing without any issues.
Kyle Wright and Alec Marsh, Royals
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.
Ryan Weathers, Edward Cabrera and Jesús Sánchez, Marlins
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, manager Clayton McCullough announced on March 18.
A strained left oblique will cause Sánchez to miss the next four weeks. He'll begin the season on the injured list.
Kendall Graveman, D-backs
Manager Torey Lovullo said that Graveman (back tightness) is currently in “a treatment phase,” making it uncertain whether he will be ready for Opening Day.
Matt Vierling, Alex Cobb and Parker Meadows, Tigers
Vierling (right rotator cuff muscle strain) underwent his three-week checkup exam on March 17 and could be cleared to ramp up his baseball activity. He has been completing conditioning, defensive drills and rehab daily.
Cobb (right hip inflammation) is scheduled to throw his second bullpen session of the spring on March 19.
Meadows will not be ready for Opening Day as he works back from inflammation around the musculocutaneous nerve in his upper right arm.
Andrew Benintendi and Josh Rojas, White Sox
Benintendi (right hand fracture) went through live batting practice on March 17 and returned to game action on March 19. He may be able to play on Opening Day.
Rojas (hairline fracture in right big toe) took ground balls and hit in the cages March 21.
