This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Nationals injury news and transactions.
LATEST INJURIES
LHP DJ Herz
Injury: Left UCL sprain
IL date: March 26 (60-day IL)
Expected return: Likely 2026
Status: Diagnosed after Herz's velocity dropped during Spring Training. (updated: March 26)
RHP Derek Law
Injury: Right forearm inflammation
IL date: March 26, retroactive to March 24 (15-day IL)
Expected return: May
Status: Experienced soreness after pitching and not rebounding as well; MRI came back clean. (updated: March 26)
RHP Cade Cavalli (Nationals’ No. 8 prospect)
Injury: Tommy John surgery rehab
IL date: March 26, retroactive to March 24 (15-day IL)
Expected return: Second half 2025
Status: Nationals will manage his return so he can finish out the season in the Majors. (updated: March 26)
INF/DH Andrés Chaparro
Injury: Left oblique strain
IL date: March 26, retroactive to March 24 (10-day IL)
Expected return: May
Status: Chaparro sustained the injury during batting practice on March 14. (updated: March 26)
RHP Zach Brzykcy (Nationals’ No. 22 prospect)
Injury: Right quad strain
IL date: March 26, retroactive to March 24 (15-day IL)
Expected return: May
Status: Brzykcy will rehab at the Nationals training complex in West Palm Beach, Fla. (updated: March 26)
RHP Mason Thompson
Injury: Tommy John surgery
IL date: Feb. 19 (60-day IL)
Expected return: Second half 2025
Status: Underwent second Tommy John surgery on right elbow, March 1, 2024; rehabbing at Nationals complex. (updated March 26)
RHP Josiah Gray
Injury: Right elbow/forearm flexor strain
IL date: Feb. 16 (60-day IL)
Expected return: Second half 2025
Status: Underwent Tommy John surgery and internal brace procedure on July 24, 2024; rehabbing at Nationals complex. (updated March 26)
RHP Travis Sykora (Nationals’ No. 2 prospect, MLB No. 69)
Injury: Labrum surgery in hip
Expected return: May
Status: Underwent a minor labrum procedure in his hip during the offseason. The 20-year-old would have been invited to Major League Spring Training otherwise. (updated Feb. 13)
LATEST TRANSACTIONS
March 26
• RHP Brad Lord (No. 23 prospect): Selected to Major League roster
• LHP DJ Herz: Transferred to 60-day IL
• RHP Jackson Rutledge, UTIL Juan Yepez: Optioned to Triple-A Rochester
• C Andrew Knizner: Reassigned to Triple-A Rochester
• RHP Derek Law, RHP Cade Cavalli (No. 8 prospect), RHP Zach Brzykcy (No. 22 prospect): Placed on 15-day IL, retroactive to March 24
• INF Andrés Chaparro: Placed on 10-day IL, retroactive to March 24
March 22
• LHP Colin Poche: Contract selected, added to 40-man roster
March 21
• LHP DJ Herz, LHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara, INF Nasim Nuñez, C Drew Millas: Optioned to Triple-A Rochester
March 19
• RHP Clay Helvey, 3B Brady House (Nationals No. 4 prospect), OF Stone Garrett, OF Andrew Pinckney (No. 26): Reassigned to Minor League camp
• OF Robert Hassell III (No. 12), INF Trey Lipscomb: Optioned to Triple-A Rochester
