{"id":678302,"date":"2026-04-18T10:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678302\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:51:37","slug":"al-east-injury-notes-yesavage-springer-holliday-uceta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/678302\/","title":{"rendered":"AL East Injury Notes: Yesavage, Springer, Holliday, Uceta"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Charlie Wright<\/a> |
\n at April 17, 2026 9:01pm CDT <\/p>\n

Injuries come frequently in April, but the AL East seems particularly snake-bitten to begin the season. The Blue Jays have had several key players go down since the start of Spring Training. The Orioles are missing most of their young offensive core. The Rays and Red Sox haven\u2019t had any debilitating absences, but both squads have been without important pieces.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a rundown of injury updates from around the division, starting with the reigning AL champs\u2026<\/p>\n

Toronto<\/p>\n

Trey Yesavage<\/a> (shoulder) will make another rehab start on Tuesday at Triple-A. The goal will be 75 pitches, to \u201clet him feel that one more time,\u201d manager John Schneider told reporters, including Shi Davidi of Sportsnet<\/a>. Yesavage got up to 71 pitches in his outing with Buffalo on Wednesday.
\nJose Berrios<\/a> (elbow) will make his next rehab start on Wednesday. He threw 38 pitches in his first outing on Thursday. The righty was knocked around for five earned runs over 2 2\/3 innings. Fellow veteran Shane Bieber<\/a> (forearm) threw a bullpen on Friday. He was recently<\/a> moved to the 60-day IL. To round out the rotation injuries, Cody Ponce<\/a> underwent ACL repair surgery and hopes to return for Spring Training in 2027. (h\/t to Mitch Bannon of The Athletic<\/a> for listing the injuries in one post)
\nOn the hitting side, George Springer<\/a> (toe) is still hitting but has yet to progress to running. The same goes for Addison Barger<\/a> (ankles), though he\u2019s expected to start running next week. Springer is on track to make it back before Barger and might not need a rehab assignment, per Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baltimore<\/p>\n

Jackson Holliday<\/a> is set to be in the lineup for High-A Frederick this weekend, the team announced. The infielder is recovering from a hamate fracture. He was recently pulled off the rehab assignment after experiencing wrist soreness at Triple-A Norfolk. Holliday had scuffled to a .167\/.239\/.214 line in 11 games with the Tides. The second baseman\u2019s absence has led to the emergence of Jeremiah Jackson<\/a>. The 26-year-old utilityman had a 151 wRC+ heading into Friday\u2019s action. That\u2019s likely to go up after a go-ahead three-run homer against the Guardians.
\nAdley Rutschman<\/a> ran, hit, and caught a bullpen session on Friday, relays Jake Rill of MLB.com<\/a>. The catcher is nursing an ankle injury. Rutschman is eligible to return on Tuesday, but he might need rehab games first.
\nAlso from Rill, outfielder Tyler O\u2019Neill<\/a> is not ready to return from the 7-day concussion IL. He\u2019s been out since April 8. \u201cStill has some boxes to check and go from there,\u201d manager Craig Albernaz said. \u201cObviously, with a concussion, it\u2019s very touch and go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

Right-hander Edwin Uceta<\/a> is still experiencing issues with his shoulder, per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times<\/a>. He\u2019ll be shut down for the next few days. After a pair of scoreless frames to begin his rehab assignment, Uceta has allowed three earned runs on six hits over his last two appearances.
\nGavin Lux<\/a> was trending toward a Triple-A return on Friday, Topkin noted<\/a> yesterday. However, the former Dodger was not in the Durham lineup tonight. Lux is working his way back from a shoulder injury. He hasn\u2019t played since Saturday after injuring his ankle.<\/p>\n

Boston<\/p>\n

Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com<\/a> ran through several health updates for the Red Sox. Right-hander Kutter Crawford<\/a> hasn\u2019t resumed throwing and might require an MRI following elbow soreness. He missed all of 2025 with knee and wrist injuries. Crawford gave up five earned runs over three innings of work in his first rehab outing on Saturday. He reported the elbow issue shortly after.
\nReliever Justin Slaten<\/a> will not return from his oblique strain when first eligible on Monday. He\u2019s just now resuming throwing, relayed manager Alex Cora. It\u2019s unclear when Slaten will progress to a rehab assignment.
\nLeft-hander Patrick Sandoval<\/a> is slated for another rehab start on Sunday at Triple-A. He\u2019s coming back from UCL surgery. Sandoval has thrown 63 and 59 pitches in his first two rehab outings.
\nSandoval\u2019s teammate with Worcester, Tyler Uberstine<\/a>, was placed on the IL with shoulder soreness. The righty was promoted earlier this season when Johan Oviedo<\/a> went down with an elbow strain. Uberstine allowed a run over 2 2\/3 innings in his big-league debut, taking the loss against the Padres.
\nRomy Gonzalez<\/a>, the lone update on the hitting side, has yet to resume baseball activities. He underwent shoulder surgery in March. Gonzalez is on the 60-day IL and won\u2019t be back until the end of May at the earliest.<\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of John E. Sokolowski, Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Charlie Wright | at April 17, 2026 9:01pm CDT Injuries come frequently in April, but the AL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[6081,1079,5,54086,6925,730,311,1514,387,1093,791,14123,1083,1271,5196,591,58600],"class_list":{"0":"post-678302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-addison-barger","9":"tag-adley-rutschman","10":"tag-baseball","11":"tag-cody-ponce","12":"tag-edwin-uceta","13":"tag-gavin-lux","14":"tag-george-springer","15":"tag-jackson-holliday","16":"tag-jose-berrios","17":"tag-justin-slaten","18":"tag-kutter-crawford","19":"tag-patrick-sandoval","20":"tag-romy-gonzalez","21":"tag-shane-bieber","22":"tag-trey-yesavage","23":"tag-tyler-oneill","24":"tag-tyler-uberstine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116425334766289976","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}