Injury Report: April 20th

Welcome to this week’s Injury Report! Thankfully it was a pretty slow week on the injury front. Let’s take a look at who made their way onto the Injury Report. 

 

Cody Bellinger – Stress Fracture 

 

We recently found out that Cody Bellinger is dealing with a stress fracture, not just a calf contusion. What does this mean? For the short term, he will be out longer than initially anticipated. Long term, once he returns (as long as he allows the fracture to heal), Bellinger should be good to go. Expect him to miss 6-8 years (too soon?) weeks. 

 

Return Date: Early June

Buy/Sell/Hold: Buy 

 

Christian Yelich – Back Strain 

 

The Brewers placed Christian Yelich on the IL after dealing with back spasms/strain over the past couple of days. The move was semi-surprising, but better safe than sorry if you are Milwaukee. I will stick to my guns from last week’s report. I’m not worried about this news. Yelich is just going to miss a little more time than I initially thought. There is a chance this lingers throughout the season, but this is something we expect with Yelich yearly. 

 

Return Date: Late April/Early May 

Buy/Sell/Hold: Buy

 

Stephen Strasburg – Shoulder Inflammation 

 

Stephen Strasburg is going to be on the shelf for the foreseeable future with shoulder inflammation. Given the injury history and being 32 years old, I feel this will keep Stras out of action for the next 6 to 8 weeks. We will have to keep an eye on this and see when he starts throwing again. That will help us narrow down his return date.

 

Return Date: Mid June

Buy/Sell/Hold: Sell 

 

Starling Marte – Rib Fracture 

 

We found out on Monday that Starling Marte is dealing with a rib fracture. Besides being a huge pain to live with, ribs typically don’t keep players out for an extended time. I would expect that Marte will be on the IL for 2-3 weeks then we will see him back on the field. 

 

Return Date: Early May 

Buy/Sell/Hold: Buy 

 

Ronald Acuña – Abdominal Strain 

 

Expect Ronald Acuña to be out of action till later this week with an abdominal strain. There is a chance that Atlanta is downplaying the injury and are wanting to see how he responds to treatment before deciding on placing Acuna on the IL or not. Hopefully, he needs a couple of days to recover. 

 

Return Date: End of the week 

Buy/Sell/Hold: Buy 

 

Lance Lynn – Trap Strain 

 

Lance Lynn is dealing with a strained right trap. A week or so of treatment should have Lynn back on track. I’m not worried about this one, and it shouldn’t be a factor once he comes off the IL. 

 

Return Date: 2 weeks 

Buy/Sell/Hold: Buy 

 

Carlos Carrasco – Hamstring Strain 

 

I’ve been receiving a lot of questions about Carlos Carrasco over the past couple of weeks. Here is what we know right now, he has resumed throwing, and the Mets reported that he would throw a five-inning simulated game this past week. All these signs are pointing to him returning sooner rather than later, and based on what we are hearing, I would assume that Cookie returns in the next 4-ish weeks instead of returning in Late May. Things are looking good, but we need to see how he feels after ramping up his activities over the past two weeks. 

 

Return Date: Late April/Early May 

Buy/Sell/Hold: Buy 

 

Thanks for reading! As always, if there is someone else you have a question about, leave me a comment or find me on Twitter (@Jake_Rob17). I will get to them as I’m able to. Be sure to check back next week for the latest injury report!

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