Fantasy Baseball Week 14 Injury Breakdown: Carlos Carrasco on the Mend

Senior Fantasy Baseball Expert Adam Ronis lists every player in Major League Baseball either suffering from an ailment or on the verge of returning in this Week 14 Injury Report! This true Fantasy Triple Threat will help you DOMINATE your league down the stretch!

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

SP Brett Anderson, Oakland Athletics

Anderson is on the DL with a left shoulder strain and is on a rehab assignment soon.

SP Chris Archer, Tampa Bay Rays

Archer has a left abdominal strain and is on the DL. He threw a bullpen session Monday and will throw a simulated game Thursday.


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OF Byron Buxton, Minnesota Twins

He is on the DL with a fractured left big toe. He is on a rehab assignment and close to a return.

SP Trevor Cahill, Oakland Athletics

Cahill is on the DL with a right Achilles tendon strain. He could start throwing this week.

SP Carlos Carrasco, Cleveland Indians

Carrasco was hit by a comebacker and on the DL with a right elbow contusion. He threw 25-pitch  bullpen session Monday and will throw 40 pitches Wednesday. He could return next week.

3B Matt Chapman, Oakland Athletics

Chapman is on the DL with a right thumb contusion.

3B Zack Cozart, Los Angeles Angels

Cozart is on the DL with a left shoulder injury. He has started to hit and field grounders.

OF Nicky Delmonico, Chicago White Sox

He has a fractured right hand and on the DL. He has started hitting.

3B Josh Donaldson, Toronto Blue Jays

Donaldson is on the DL with left calf tightness. He is expected to miss another week.

SP Jacob Faria, Tampa Bay Rays

Faria is on the 60-day DL with a left oblique strain. He threw a bullpen Monday and is eligible to return in late July.

SP Miguel Gonzalez, Chicago White Sox

He is on the DL with right rotator cuff inflammation and scheduled to start a rehab assignment this week.

RP Nate Jones, Chicago White Sox

Jones is on the DL with a pronator strain in his right arm.

RP Andrew Miller, Cleveland Indians

Miller is on the DL with right knee inflammation and is limited to flat-ground throwing.

P/DH Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels

Ohtani was placed on the DL with a Grade 2 UCL sprain in his right elbow. He had a PRP injection and stem-cell treatment in the hopes of avoiding Tommy John surgery. He will be re-evaluated in a few weeks.

2B Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox

Pedroia is on the DL with left knee inflammation.

SP Martin Perez, Texas Rangers

Perez is on the DL with discomfort in his right elbow. He is expected to start a rehab assignment this week.

SP Drew Pomeranz, Boston Red Sox

Pomeranz landed on the DL with left biceps tendonitis and threw off flat ground last week.

SP Garrett Richards, Los Angeles Angels

Richards is out with a left hamstring strain and has started to play catch.

SP Aaron Sanchez, Toronto Blue Jays

Sanchez landed on the DL with a right index finger contusion.

C Gary Sanchez, New York Yankees

Sanchez was placed on the 10-day DL with a right groin strain. He is expected to miss 3-4 weeks.

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SP Ervin Santana, Minnesota Twins

Santana is set to face live hitters this week. He had surgery on his right middle finger in February.

SP Matt Shoemaker, Los Angeles Angels

Shoemaker had right forearm surgery and is out indefinitely.

OF Jorge Soler, Kansas City Royals

Soler is expected to miss six weeks with a fractured first metatarsal in his left foot.

SP Masahiro Tanaka, New York Yankees

He is on the DL with mild strains in both hamstrings and will miss several weeks. He threw a bullpen Sunday and will throw another on June 26.

SP Andrew Triggs, Oakland Athletics

Triggs is on the DL with right arm nerve irritation and has started throwing bullpen sessions.

SP Nick Tropeano, Los Angeles Angels

Tropeano was placed on the 10-day DL with right shoulder inflammation. He is receiving muscle therapy.


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NATIONAL LEAGUE

OF Ronald Acuna, Atlanta Braves

Acuna is on the DL with a mild ACL sprain in his left knee and a lower back contusion. He is on a rehab assignment and close to a return.

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1B Matt Adams, Washington Nationals

He is on the DL with a fractured left index finger.

SP Homer Bailey, Cincinnati Reds

Bailey was placed  on the DL with right knee inflammation and suffered a setback while rehabbing. He is expected to start a rehab assignment this week.

OF Jay Bruce, New York Mets

Bruce is on the DL with a right hip strain. He’s eligible to return Friday, but won’t be ready.

SP Clay Buchholz, Arizona Diamondbacks

Buchholz was placed on the DL with a strained left oblique.

SP Walker Buehler, Los Angeles Dodgers

Buehler is on the DL with a right rib microfracture. He threw a bullpen Sunday.

C Francisco Cervelli, Pittsburgh Pirates

Cervelli is on the 7-day concussion DL.

OF Yoenis Cespedes, New York Mets

Cespedes is on the DL with a mild right hip flexor strain and is still shut down due to quad tightness.

OF Franchy Cordero, San Diego Padres

Cordero is on the DL with a right forearm strain and now has a bone spur in his elbow. He is contemplating surgery.

SS J.P. Crawford, Philadelphia Phillies

He has a left hand fracture and expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

SP Johnny Cueto, San Francisco Giants

Cueto has right elbow inflammation and pitched well in his first rehab start. He’s expected to make two more before returning to the Giants.

OF David Dahl, Colorado Rockies

Dahl is on the DL with a right foot fracture.

SP Yu Darvish, Chicago Cubs

Darvish is out with right triceps tendonitis. He made a rehab start Monday and pitched well in five innings, but said after the game the right triceps still doesn’t feel 100 percent.

SP Zach Davies, Milwaukee Brewers

He was placed on the 10-day DL with right rotator cuff inflammation and is on a rehab assignment.

SS Paul DeJong, St. Louis Cardinals

DeJong is out with a fractured left hand. He hit off a tee last week and is expected to take batting practice this week. He will be examined by a doctor this week.

RP Carl Edwards, Chicago Cubs

Edwards is on the DL with right shoulder inflammation. He threw a bullpen session Sunday.

RP Luke Gregerson, St. Louis Cardinals

Gregerson is on the DL with a right shoulder impingement. Then he had arthroscopic surgery to repair his meniscus Monday and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

SP Jeremy Hellickson, Washington Nationals

Hellickson is on the DL with a strained right hamstring. He is on a rehab assignment.

RP Dominic Leone, St. Louis Cardinals

Leone is out with right upper arm nerve irritation. He does not need surgery and is out indefinitely and on the 60-day DL. He will start a throwing program in 10-14 days.

3B Evan Longoria, San Francisco Giants

He has a fractured fifth metacarpal in his left hand and had surgery. He will miss 6-8 weeks.

SP Jordan Lyles, San Diego Padres

Lyles is on the DL with right elbow inflammation.

SP Wade Miley, Milwaukee Brewers

Miley has a right oblique strain and is on a rehab assignment this week.

RP Brandon Morrow, Chicago Cubs

Morrow is on the DL with lower back tightness. He could return this week if a bullpen session goes well.

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SP Jimmy Nelson, Milwaukee Brewers

Nelson is recovering from shoulder surgery that he had in September. He is throwing off flat ground.

OF Brandon Nimmo, New York Mets

He was hit by three pitches Sunday and test results were clean. He’s day-to-day. He wasn’t able to hit Monday, but came into the game as a pinch-runner and played the field.

OF A.J. Pollock, Arizona Diamondbacks

Pollock has been cleared to resume baseball activities. He has been out with a fractured left thumb.

3B Martin Prado, Miami Marlins

Prado is out with a left hamstring strain. He is facing live pitching and running.

RP A.J. Ramos, New York Mets

Ramos was placed on the DL with a right shoulder strain and has season-ending surgery.

SP Robbie Ray, Arizona Diamondbacks

Ray is on the DL with a right oblique strain and will start for the Diamondbacks Wednesday.

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SP Hyun-Jin Ryu, Los Angels Dodgers

Ryu tore the groin muscle off the bone and is expected to be back after the All-Star break. He hasn’t thrown off a mound yet.

SP Jeff Samardzija, San Francisco Giants

He is on the DL with right shoulder tightness and on a rehab assignment.

SP Caleb Smith, Miami Marlins

Smith is on the DL with a left lat strain. It was a Grade 3 strain and he’s likely to miss the rest of the season and surgery is possible.

SP Mike Soroka, Atlanta Braves

Soroka is on the DL with right shoulder inflammation.

OF Steven Souza, Arizona Diamondbacks

Souza is on the DL with right pectoral soreness. He has been cleared to start a rehab assignment as a DH. He’s not ready to throw and play the field yet.

SP Stephen Strasburg, Washington Nationals

He is on the DL with right shoulder inflammation and played catch over the weekend.

RP Hunter Strickland, San Francisco Giants

Strickland will miss 6-8 weeks with a right hand fracture.

SP Noah Syndergaard, New York Mets

Syndergaard has a strained ligament in his right index finger and is on the DL. He threw off a mound Sunday.

SP Jose Urena, Miami Marlins

Urena was placed on the 10-day DL with a right shoulder impingement.

RP Arodys Vizcaino, Atlanta Braves

Vizcaino is on the DL with right shoulder inflammation. A.J. Minter and Dan Winkler will split the closing duties.

SP Michael Wacha, St. Louis Cardinals

Wacha was placed on the DL with a left oblique strain. He will return after the All-Star break.

SP Adam Wainwright, St. Louis Cardinals

Wainwright is on the 60-day DL with right elbow inflammation. He will resume a throwing program next week.

C Matt Wieters, Washington Nationals

Wieters is on the DL with a left hamstring strain. He caught a bullpen and ran last week.

1B Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals

Zimmerman is on the DL with back soreness and fielding grounders and hitting.




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