Hunter Pence attempts to stay in play for the playoffs, Pablo Sandoval continues to battle a strained shoulder, Cody Ross hits the comeback trail, Asdrubal Cabrera fends off the end of his season, and Kerry Wood gives up the ghost.
Adrian Gonzalez suffers a power outage, Justin Morneau continues to suffer concussion symptoms, Joe Mauer has pneumonia, Dan Cortes breaks his hand under mysterious circumstances, Cody Ross strains a hamstring, and more.
Shin-Soo Choo and Johnny Cueto call it a season, and Matt Holliday gives his medical staff the middle finger.
Bobby Jenks deals with a life-threatening clotting condition, Corey Brown suffers a Staph infection, a torn ACL ends Chris Valaika’s season, and another knee issue afflicts Logan Morrison.
Kevin Youkilis hopes to avoid surgery, Erik Bedard seeks to recover from a left lat strain, Ryan Spilborghs calls it a season, Jeremy Affeldt stabs himself, and Francisco Cervelli gets concussed.
Andre Ethier is done for the year, Chase Utley might be concussed, Jason Isringhausen keeps degenerating, and more.
Boston hopes Josh Beckett’s ankle issues won’t hamper his availability in October, Jose Tabata’s wrist won’t cooperate, and the rest of the aches and pains from around the league.
Hanley Ramirez moves closer to surgery, Brennan Boesch won’t be around for October, Franklin Gutierrez’s lost season gets worse, Mike Stanton strains a hamstring, and Conor Jackson kicks off his Boston career by running into a wall.
We finally learn what’s really ailing HanRam, Josh Johnson is done for the year, J.D. Drew is up to his old injury tricks, and Jair Jurrjens’ season is in jeopardy.
Nelson Cruz’s old injury enemy strikes again, Darren O’Day tries to return for the stretch run, Brennan Boesch attempts to avoid surgery, Justin Morneau misses times amidst conflicting reports, Hanley Ramirez’s shoulder woes could be more serious than initially believed, and the odds are against Pedro Feliciano.
An injured wrist ends Michael Brantley’s season, Tommy Hanson discovers what ails him, Carlos Lee sprains an ankle, and the rest of the injuries around the league.
Stephen Strasburg nears a return to the majors, Ryan Ludwick has back spasms, Ronny Paulino bruises a big toe, Francisco Liriano’s shoulder feels the strain, and Colby Rasmus adds another injury to his collection.
B.J. Upton strains his shoulder after colliding with a wall, Matt Holliday becomes Mothman, Nick Blackburn gets good news, Travis Hafner hits the DL, Steven Pearce has a finger fracture, Kevin Correia strains an oblique, and something finally stops Jose Constanza.
Carlos Quentin sprains a shoulder doing something he’s done many times before, Brian Wilson suffers a cascade injury, Jimmy Rollins strains a groin, Jason Berken fears the worst for his elbow, Pablo Sandoval and Paul Maholm nurse their shoulders, and Freddy Garcia and Rafael Furcal deal with faulty fingers.
We explain how an epidural injection works (at Michael Cuddyer’s expense), Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz try to come back from nagging injuries, Jason Kipnis hopes to avoid a DL stint for a hamstring strain, and another line drive hits a pitcher’s head.
San Francisco faces an injury stack as Carlos Beltran is disabled, Chipper has more soreness, Chris Davis’ season is over, A.J. Pierzynski pops his DL cherry, Garrett Richards goes down, Jon Rauch loses his appendix, and more.