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Date Player
3/25/2023 Brendan Rodgers, Col, SS
Rodgers is expected to miss the season due to a left shoulder injury he sustained while diving for a ground ball on March 6,.

Analysis: The injury was originally announced as a dislocation, a shorter-term injury, but further examination revealed that Rodgers needed surgery to repair his shoulder labrum.
3/25/2023 Luis Severino, NYY, P
Severino (lat strain) said he could miss his first three of four starts of the season.

Analysis: Severino allowed 15 runs in 15 innings in spring training, and he missed two months last season with a lat strain.
3/25/2023 Jake Odorizzi, Tex, P
Odorizzi will start the season on the injured list with right shoulder fatigue, and Rangers manager Chris Young said the starter's timetable for a return to action is "longer than shorter."

Analysis: Odorizzi's shoulder fatigue has prevented him from throwing all spring, so he will need to rebuild his stamina from scratch, even when he feels strong enough to step on the mound again.
3/25/2023 Joe Musgrove, SD, P
Musgrove (fractured toe) will begin the season on the injured list but is expected to make his first rehab start in the minors before the end of March.

Analysis: It sounds like Musgrove's left big toe has almost entirely healed, and the Padres just need to ensure that he is stretched out enough before his season debut.
3/24/2023 Mitch Haniger, SF, RF
Haniger (oblique strain) has resumed throwing and hitting but is still expected to open the season on the injured list.

Analysis: Haniger reportedly has only a Grade 1 strain, so he could be on track to make his Giants debut sometime in mid-April barring any setbacks. Joc Pederson may now start the year in right field with Wilmer Flores and J.D. Davis candidates to get more at-bats as a DH.
3/23/2023 Rhys Hoskins, Phi, 1B
The Phillies announced Hoskins tore his left ACL during a spring training game against the Tigers on March 23 and will undergo surgery. It's likely the first baseman will be sidelined for the entire 2023 season.

Analysis: Already without Bryce Harper for likely the first half of the season, the Phillies now lose another big bat in Hoskins, who socked 30 home runs during the 2022 regular season and hit six more during the team's run to the World Series. Darick Hall, who hit .250 with nine homers in 42 games last season, will likely get the first crack at an everyday role during Hoskins' lengthy absence.
3/23/2023 Ranger Suárez, Phi, P
Suarez (left elbow inflammation) will be shut down from throwing for a few days, and Phillies manager Rob Thomson said there's "a strong possibility" the left-hander won't be ready for the start of the season.

Analysis: Thomson added that an MRI showed nothing structurally wrong with Suarez's elbow and the Phillies are hopeful he can resume throwing next week. Suarez hasn't pitched since a World Baseball Classic exhibition game for Venezuela on March 8. Matt Strahm, a usual reliever who did make 16 starts for the Padres in 2019, is among those the Phillies are considering for the available rotation spot.
3/23/2023 Raisel Iglesias, Atl, P
Iglesias (right shoulder inflammation) will begin the season on the injured list.

Analysis: The Braves said an MRI showed the right-hander has low-grade inflammation and will not throw for seven days, though they're hopeful he'll be able to return after a couple weeks of rest. A.J. Minter, who recorded 15 saves in 17 opportunities in 2018, is the likely favorite to handle closing duties until Iglesias is ready.
3/23/2023 Adam Wainwright, StL, P
Wainwright (groin strain) will begin the season on the injured list, and is expected to be sidelined for "several weeks," according to Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol.

Analysis: Wainwright was hurt during a Team USA workout on March 21 - two days after he threw four innings in a World Baseball Classic semifinal win over Cuba. The 41-year-old went 11-12 with a 3.71 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 143 strikeouts over 191 2/3 innings across 32 starts in 2022.
3/23/2023 Jorge Polanco, Min, SS
Polanco (left knee inflammation) will open the 2023 on the injured list.

Analysis: Polanco ended the 2022 season on the injured list due to the ailing left knee, playing his final game Aug. 27. In 104 games in 2022, Polanco batted .235 with 16 homers and 56 RBIs.
3/19/2023 Jose Altuve, Hou, 2B
Altuve has a broken right thumb and needs surgery after getting hurt in Venezuela’s 9-7 quarterfinal loss to the United States at the World Baseball Classic. The Astros said Sunday they will announce a prognosis for the second baseman after the operation.

Analysis: Altuve left Saturday's game against the United States in the fifth inning after being hit on the hand by a Daniel Bard fastball. Utilityman Mauricio Dubon, who batted .208 in 83 games with Houston last season, is expected to move into the lineup to replace the eight-time All-Star.
3/16/2023 Edwin Díaz, NYM, P
Mets GM Billy Eppler announced Diaz suffered a torn patellar tendon in his right knee following Puerto Rico's win in the World Baseball Classic on Wednesday. The All-Star closer will undergo surgery Thursday and will not pitch this season.

Analysis: It's a major blow for a Mets team with World Series aspirations, as Diaz is coming off a dominant 2022 season in which he converted 32 of 35 save opportunities while posting a 1.31 ERA with 118 strikeouts in 62 innings. The Mets do have an experienced closer option on the roster in David Robertson, who recorded 20 saves between the Cubs and Phillies last season.
3/10/2023 Harrison Bader, NYY, CF
Bader (strained left oblique) is expected to miss the first few weeks of the regular season.

Analysis: Bader has been progressing and is expected to begin swinging a bat soon. Yankees manager Aaron Boone has originally estimated that Bader would need a total of six weeks to recover, keeping him out of the first three weeks of the regular season. The Yankees may slide Aaron Judge into center field like they did for stretches last season, with Estevan Florial and Aaron Hicks finding extra time in the outfield early in the year.
3/9/2023 Carlos Rodón, NYY, P
Rodon (left forearm strain) has resumed throwing and could possibly join the Yankees' rotation before the end of April.

Analysis: Rodon was initially expected to be sidelined until May when he was shut down in March. The Yankees signed Rodon to a six-year, $162 million deal after he went 14-8 with a 2.88 ERA for the Giants in 2022 while making the All-Star game for the second consecutive year. With Frankie Montas also injured, Clarke Schmidt and Domingo German could slide into New York's rotation behind Gerrit Cole, Nestor Cortes and Luis Severino.
3/6/2023 José Quintana, NYM, P
Quintana won’t make his New York Mets debut until at least July because of a stress fracture in his rib. Mets general manager Billy Eppler told reporters Tuesday a scan revealed a lesion on the impacted rib. Quintana went to New York to visit an orthopedic tumor specialist for a biopsy and additional scans that revealed the lesion was benign.

Analysis: Eppler said Quintana will have an operation Friday in New York that involves a bone graft. Eppler said recovery from the surgery will keep Quintana out until at least July 1 but didn’t offer any specifics beyond that. Quintana signed a $26 million, two-year contract with the Mets in December after going 6-7 with a 2.93 ERA in 32 starts with Pittsburgh and St. Louis last season. Candidates to fill Quintana’s rotation spot include David Peterson and Tylor Megill.
3/4/2023 Fernando Tatis Jr., SD, SS
Tatis will be eligible to return from his PED suspension on April 20 - barring any postponements.

Analysis: Tatis broke his left wrist on Oct. 3, 2021, and was on the cusp of returning when he was suspended for 80 games last Aug. 12 following a positive test for Clostebol, an anabolic steroid. Tatis blamed his positive PED test on a cream he said he took for ringworm. He has 20 games left to serve on the ban. The 24-year-old is being moved from shortstop to the outfield. He played in 102 games in the infield in 2021 along with seven games in center and 20 in right.
2/28/2023 Gavin Lux, LAD, 2B
Lux suffered a torn ACL in his right knee and will miss the entire 2023 season.

Analysis: Lux had projected as the Dodgers' opening-day shortstop, so the injury is a major blow both to the team and the 25-year-old infielder. He had 33 extra-base hits last season -- including seven triples -- so L.A. will miss his speed and lefty bat, but no team is better positioned to fill holes than the Dodgers.
2/28/2023 Seiya Suzuki, ChC, LF
Suzuki (oblique) is expected to miss the start of the season.

Analysis: Suzuki was scratched before the Cubs' first spring training game, and is expected to miss around four-to-six weeks. Suzuki, who slashed .262/.336/.433 with 14 home runs, 22 doubles and 46 RBIs in 111 games in his first MLB season in 2022, showed up to camp bulked up, saying he had added 20 pounds of muscle over the winter.
2/28/2023 Tyler Glasnow, TB, P
Glasnow (strained left oblique) will miss the start of the 2023 season.

Analysis: Glasnow was injured throwing batting practice on Feb. 27, and is expected to miss around six-to-eight weeks. Bummer for Glasnow - and fantasy owners who were hoping for a full season from the 29-year-old righty - after he made just two regular-season starts and another in the playoffs in 2022 after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2021. He showed a glimpse of his dominance in those three outings, posting a 0.77 ERA and 0.69 WHIP while striking out 15 over 11 2/3 innings.
2/23/2023 Lance McCullers Jr., Hou, P
McCullers (right elbow strain) is without a timetable for when he'll make his 2023 season debut.

Analysis: McCullers had an MRI in late February that showed no structural damage to his forearm or elbow. He has since resumed playing catch without any issues. He did miss a large part of last season with a forearm strain, however, so the Astros will proceed very cautiously with his rehab.
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