August 21, 2025
Baltimore Orioles right-hander
Brandon Young (hamstring) exited his start against the Houston Astros on Thursday with discomfort in his left hamstring, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports. That added injury to insult for Young, who was roughed up for seven earned runs on nine hits and two walks (one strikeout) over 5 1/3 innings. Young posted his best start of 2025 against Houston last Friday, when he threw eight shutout innings of one-hit ball in a 7-0 victory, but this has mostly been a season to forget for the 27-year-old. Young has made 12 starts and gone 1-6 with a 6.24 ERA, a 1.56 WHIP, and 47:22 K:BB in 57 2/3 innings.
--Connor ByrneSource: Roch Kubato - MASNSports.com
August
21,
2025
The
Boston
Red
Sox
recalled
middle
infielder
David
Hamilton
from
Triple-A
Worcester
before
Thursday's
game
against
the
New
York
Yankees.
To
clear
roster
space
for
Hamilton,
the
Red
Sox
designated
corner
infielder
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August 21, 2025
The Atlanta Braves placed shortstop
Luke Williams (oblique) on the injured list on Thursday with a strained left oblique. The severity of the injury is not yet known. Williams has not had a plate appearance since August 9. The 29-year-old was slashing .103/.156/.172 with two extra-base hits, five RBI, five runs scored, and four stolen bases in 32 plate appearances this season. More notably, Williams was used by the Braves as a mop-up position player/pitcher out of the bullpen, pitching in six games. Over those six games, he threw six innings, had a 3.00 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, and four strikeouts.
--Dr. Reuven GuySource: Atlanta Braves
August 21, 2025
The San Francisco Giants transferred left-hander
Erik Miller (elbow) to the 60-day injured list on Thursday. Miller, who has been sidelined with a left elbow strain, suffered a setback on his rehab assignment last week. The 27-year-old is eligible to come off the injured list in September. However, he will not be throwing for the next few weeks, with his season likely being over. Miller did pitch well over 36 outings this year from the bullpen, posting a (4-1) record with a 1.50 ERA and 1.47 WHIP, and a strand rate of 89.4%
--Dr. Reuven GuySource: San Francisco Giants
August 21, 2025
The Boston Red Sox announced Wednesday that rookie infielder
Marcelo Mayer (wrist) underwent a successful right-wrist arthroscopy. Dr. Matthew Leibman performed the procedure. The 22-year-old initially sprained his wrist in late July. He had a subsequent cortisone shot, tried extended rest, and still ended up needing surgery anyway. Mayer has now had season-ending injuries in each of the last three years. The Red Sox's top prospect had a shoulder injury in 2023 and a back injury in 2024. Recovery time for the surgery is three months, and he should be healthy heading into spring training. When healthy this year, Mayer slashed .228/.272/.402 and with a 30.1% strikeout rate in 136 plate appearances.
--Dr. Reuven GuySource: Masslive.com
August 21, 2025
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Thursday that left-hander
Ryan Yarbrough (oblique) will make at least one more rehab start before being activated from the injured list. The southpaw is rehabbing from a strained right oblique and has already made two rehab appearances while getting his pitch count up to 50. When he returns, Yarbrough may end up in a long relief role as
Luis Gil took his rotation spot when he was out. Yarbrough has pitched in 16 games this year, starting eight of them, and has racked up 49 strikeouts in 55 innings with an ERA of 3.90 and a WHIP of 1.17.
--Dr. Reuven GuySource: Max Goodman
August 21, 2025
Tampa Bay Rays outfielder
Stuart Fairchild (oblique) was transferred to the 60-day injured list on Thursday. Fairchild has been on the IL since July 23 with a strained right oblique. The 29-year-old has not yet resumed baseball activities since then and would be eligible to return from the IL the last week of the season. Fairchild has been limited to only 28 games this year due to the injury. When he was on the field, he slashed .273/.333/.606 with two stolen bases, both of which were in one game.
--Dr. Reuven GuySource: Ryan Bass
August 21, 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander
Kirby Yates (back) is expected to be activated from the injured list on Saturday. He has been out since the end of July with a lower back issue and is now on a rehab assignment. The 38-year-old is expected to make one more rehab appearance prior to his activation. With
Tanner Scott (elbow) also on the way back, Yates may land in only a setup role when he returns. The veteran right-hander has three saves this year in 39 appearances, along with 13 holds, and a K/9 of 12.64 this year. He may vulture some saves down the stretch for the Dodgers and is mainly an option in leagues that reward saves and holds.
--Dr. Reuven GuySource: Kirsten Watson
August 21, 2025
Veteran free-agent reliever
Craig Kimbrel is signing an undisclosed deal with the Houston Astros on Thursday and will be joining the major-league roster, a source tells Jeff Passan of ESPN. The Texas Rangers granted Kimbrel his release on Thursday, and it didn't take long for the 37-year-old veteran to find a new team to pitch for down the stretch in 2025. He has only thrown one innning in the big leagues this year with the Atlanta Braves, and there's no guarantee he'll stick around with the Astros through the end of the season. But with left-handed closer
Josh Hader (shoulder) expected to miss the the rest of the regular season, the Astros are turning to a veteran with 440 career saves for some depth for their bullpen. At best, Kimbrel might be a late-inning arm for Houston, and
Bryan Abreu remains the best bet for saves the rest of the way.
--Keith HernandezSource: ESPN.com - Jeff Passan
August
21,
2025
Los
Angeles
Dodgers
manager
Dave
Roberts
said
that
two-way
superstar
Shohei
Ohtani
(thigh)
will
be
back
in
the
starting
lineup
as
the
designated
hitter
for
Friday's
series
opener
against
the
division-rival
San
Diego
Padres
at
Petco
read more...
August
21,
2025
With
the
Miami
Marlins
severing
ties
with
right-hander
Cal
Quantrill,
they
will
turn
to
rookie
right-hander
Ryan
Gusto,
who
will
make
the
start
in
Friday's
series
opener
against
the
Toronto
Blue
read more...
August 21, 2025
With San Francisco Giants right-hander
Landen Roupp (knee) headed to the 15-day injured list with a knee sprain, MLB.com's Justice delos Santos reports that rookie right-hander
Carson Whisenhunt will be recalled from Triple-A Sacramento to start in Friday's series opener against the first-place Milwaukee Brewers. Whisenhunt, the team's No. 7 prospect per MLB Pipeline, made his major-league debut earlier in 2025 and struggled in three starts against the Pirates, Mets and Nationals, allowing nine runs (eight earned) on 13 hits (five homers) while walking seven and striking out 12 over 14 1/3 innings. The 24-year-old is going to need to throw more strikes and hit better spots in his return to the majors, but he could stick around for the rest of the year in San Fran's rotation if Roupp can't make it back. We'd suggest avoiding Whisenhunt as a fantasy streamer against Milwaukee in his return to MLB.
--Keith HernandezSource: MLB.com - Justice delos Santos
August 21, 2025
The Triple-A Worcester Red Sox placed infielder
Vaughn Grissom (foot) and pitcher
Cooper Criswell (elbow) on the seven-day minor-league injured list on Wednesday, according to Tommy Cassell. Grissom is dealing with right-foot inflammation, while Criswell is sidelined with right-elbow inflammation. Grissom, 24, has yet to play in the big leagues with the Red Sox this year after hitting a disappointing .190/.246/.219 with no homers, six RBI and two steals in 31 games in 2024 in Beantown. He was hitting a solid .270/.342/.441 for Worcester with 13 homers, 48 RBI, 69 runs and nine steals in 418 plate appearances before his injury and could be an option for infield depth in Boston next month if he's healthy. Criswell made seven appearances (one start) for the BoSox earlier this year and had a 3.57 ERA, 1.59 WHIPO and 9:5 K:BB in only 17 2/3 frames.
--Keith HernandezSource: Tommy Cassell
August 21, 2025
Atlanta Braves starting pitcher
Spencer Strider will have his spot in the rotation skipped. That means, Strider won't make his scheduled start against the New York Mets this weekend. This doesn't come as a shock given how horrible Strider has been lately. He was crushed for seven earned runs on 10 hits during his most recent start against the Chicago White Sox. Strider could use some time off after getting shelled for five runs or more in each of his last three starts. It's unclear when Strider is going to make his next appearance on the mound. The assumption is that he'll start early next week. In the meantime,
Joey Wentz,
Cal Quantrill, and
Bryce Elder will take the mound versus the Mets this weekend.
--Andy WebbSource: Mark Bowman
August 21, 2025
Houston Astros outfielder
Taylor Trammell (neck, concussion) was placed on the 10-day injured list on Thursday. Trammell will head to the shelf due to a cervical muscle strain that he suffered during Wednesday's contest. It's also worth noting that Trammell remains in the concussion protocol as well. He's currently with the team for their series in Baltimore while he recovers from these issues. In the meantime,
Brice Matthews has been recalled to take over the spot on the active roster. Neither player brings enough upside with the bat to warrant rostering in fantasy formats.
--Andy WebbSource: Chandler Rome
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