Throughout the entire 2025 Major League Baseball season, I’ll have you covered here at Fantasy Alarm with the fantasy baseball injury report. Each Friday, we’ll do a look around the league for notable updates regarding MLB injuries, and how they impact your fantasy baseball teams. The fantasy baseball injury update this week features some notable names, including Roki Sasaki, Spencer Strider, and Corey Seager. With fantasy baseball waivers right around the corner, be sure to read on to learn more about some notable MLB injuries.

MLB Injury Report Update Ahead of This Weekend's Games

The Atlanta Braves have to be excited to get Spencer Strider back in the coming days, as well as Ronald Acuna looking great through a couple of rehab games. While the Dodgers had to place Roki Sasaki on the IL, Teoscar Hernandez is progressing well in his recovery, and future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw is tabbed to make his season debut this weekend. The Baltimore Orioles had to shut down Jordan Westburg again after he suffered a setback. Other notable names in the MLB injury report ahead of this weekend’s games are Bryce Miller, Oneil Cruz, and TJ Friedl.

As you prepare to finalize your fantasy baseball lineups for the upcoming week, don’t forget to take a look at James Grande’s best waiver wire pickups for the week, and listen to this week’s episode of Caught Stealing with Howard Bender and yours truly!


 

 


 

MLB Week 8 Injury Report Update: Pitchers

Spencer Strider, Atlanta Braves - Hamstring

Strider will be activated from the IL and toe the rubber at some point in the upcoming series with the Washington Nationals.

Roku Sasaki, Los Angeles Dodgers - Shoulder

Sasaki was placed on the IL with a shoulder impingement. We could finally see Ben Casparius make a start or two.

Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers - Knee/Toe

Kershaw is still on track for his season debut against the Angels on Saturday.

Yu Darvish, San Diego Padres - Elbow

Darvish worked through four innings in his first rehab assignment, and the expectation is that it won’t be a lengthy stay on his rehab assignment.

 

Yu Darvish returned to the mound today! pic.twitter.com/hqRU7U4Y8o

— Pitch Profiler (@pitchprofiler) May 15, 2025

 

Bryce Miller, Seattle Mariners - Elbow

Miller becomes the latest Seattle right-hander to be placed on the injured list. Miller is dealing with some elbow inflammation, but the issue doesn’t seem major.

George Kirby, Seattle Mariners - Shoulder

Kirby’s rehab start today (Friday) could be his last one before rejoining the big league club. If that’s the case, he’ll return in the middle-to-later part of next week, but if he needs another rehab start, it might not be until somewhere around May 28th.

Tanner Houck, Boston Red Sox - Elbow

Houck was placed on the IL with a right flexor pronator strain. However, Boston should be getting back Walker Buehler early next week

Ben Joyce, Los Angeles Angels - Shoulder

Joyce will miss the rest of the season following shoulder surgery.

 

Update regarding #Angels RHP Ben Joyce:

“Ben Joyce underwent surgery to repair his right shoulder earlier this morning. He is expected to miss the remainder of the season.”

— Angels PR (@LAAngelsPR) May 14, 2025

 

Jose Quintana, Milwaukee Brewers

The Brewers will be without Quintana for at least two weeks, as he was placed on the injured list with a shoulder impingement.
 

 


 

MLB Week 8 Injury Report Update: Hitters

Corey Seager, Texas Rangers - Hamstring

Seager will head back to the IL with a strain of the same hamstring that sent him to the injured list in late April.

O’Neil Cruz, Pittsburgh Pirates - Back

Cruz is still considered day-to-day, but he’s missed the team’s last four games with his back issue.

Byron Buxton and Carlos Correa, Minnesota Twins

Both Buxton and Correa were placed in concussion protocol after a nasty collision on Thursday.
 

Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton both exited today’s game after this collision pic.twitter.com/noqmg2vRQY

— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) May 15, 2025

 

Ronald Acuna, Atlanta Braves - Knee

Acuna advanced to Triple-A for his rehab assignment. The hope is that he can be back before the calendar flips to June, and through two rehab games, he’s 3-for-6 with one HR.

Teoscar Hernandez, Los Angeles Dodgers - Hamstring

The expectation is that Hernandez will need a rehab assignment before rejoining the big league lineup. In the video below from Wednesday, you’ll see Hernandez looks pretty good running.

 

Teoscar Hernandez is on the field running pic.twitter.com/Wgt0rd5Trp

— DodgersBeat (@DodgersBeat) May 14, 2025

 

Jordan Westburg, Baltimore Orioles - Hamstring

Westburg is trying to work back from a hamstring strain, but he suffered another setback and will be shut down. TBD on any updated timeline.

TJ Friedl, Cincinnati Reds - Wrist

An MRI revealed that Friedl is dealing with a bone bruise in his right wrist. Consider him day to day.