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There’s no timetable yet for Cabrera’s return, but it’s obviously months away. The infielder suffered a fracture on a non-contact play while scoring on a sac fly last night. He was hitting .243/.322/.308 in 122 plate appearances this season.

The Tigers needed to add De Jesus to their 40-man roster to keep him from agreeing to a contract overseas, where he pitched for the last two seasons. The 29-year-old has thrown 6 1/3 innings for the Tigers this spring without allowing an earned run. He has allowed just four hits while striking out seven and walking one. There is a chance he wins a spot in the bullpen to open the season.

There is no new information on Melton’s elbow, and he didn’t experience a setback, but the team needed a 40-man roster spot, so they moved him to the 60-day IL. The Tigers were always going to be cautious with the 25-year-old after he battled a sore elbow in spring training. Now, the earliest he can return to the team is at the end of May, so he could remain an option for the rotation over the summer if a spot opens up.

The Nationals remain committed to Young being healthy at the start of spring training, so his ramp-up process will be done with that in mind. There remains a strong likelihood that he opens the season as the team’s starting centerfielder.

Greene said last week that he knew he had bone chips, and it turns out that he was correct. He also seems to be correct that there is no damage to his UCL, but we will know more on Wednesday when he goes to get his elbow scoped. Assuming there is no other issue apart from the loose bodies, Greene could return by the middle of June. We tend to gravitate towards the longer end of a recovery timeline, which means July feels like the best bet for when we could see Greene back on the mound for the Reds, if everything goes well in his recovery. That makes it nearly impossible to draft him in leagues without IL spots, but he can be stashed as a late-round pick if you have enough IL spots in your league. Rhett Lowder now looks like he’s going to get a chance to stick in the Reds’ rotation for a few months.

The 23-year-old felt elbow soreness in February and stopped his build-up. Given his injury history, the Blue Jays will “be cautious with [him], and this could potentially delay the start to his season, but he’s back on track now.” We’ll wait to see how he feels when he starts throwing at 100 percent before we get overly excited.

Yesavage has not yet pitched in an MLB game this spring, and there is no guarantee he will. The Blue Jays want him to make two more “starts” after this Wednesday outing, but they will not commit to them in an MLB spring training game. After the Blue Jays signed Dylan Cease, Cody Ponce, and Max Scherzer, there aren’t enough rotation spots for Yesavage. The organization has also made it clear that they will be cautious with the 22-year-old’s innings this season, coming off a World Series run last year. That likely means Yesavage will not be a regular starter for Toronto early in the season, which makes it really hard to draft him where he is currently going in redraft leagues.

Lovelady was claimed off waivers from the Mets back in January but was let go to make room on the 40-man roster for Zack Littell. The 30-year-old left-hander posted an 8.49 ERA, 1.54 WHIP and a 12/6 K/BB ratio over 11 2/3 innings in 10 appearances between the Blue Jays and Mets in 2025.

This deal was announced over the weekend and is now official. The contract could reach up to $9.5 million with incentives and comes with a $12 million mutual option for 2027 and a $4 million buyout. There’s a strong likelihood that Littell is the Nationals’ most reliable starting pitcher this season, but that is unlikely to come with many wins.

Tong is a well-known prospect, but this was always going to be where he started the season after the team added Freddy Peralta and had veterans Sean Manaea, Kodai Senga, Clay Holmes, and David Peterson all healthy to start the season. Tong pitched more MLB innings last season than he did Triple-A innings, so the team will have him continue to develop in the minor leagues with the hope that he can push for big league innings in the second half of the year. However, it should be noted that Tong is just 22 years old and had a 7.71 ERA in his five MLB starts last year and did not look good this spring, so there is a strong chance that he is behind both Tobias Myers and Christian Scott in the Mets’ starting pitcher pecking order right now.

It was thought that Murray had a good chance to make the Astros’ opening day bullpen after 11 2/3 strong debut innings in 2025. However, he allowed five runs on five hits in six innings this spring while posting a 7/5/ K/BB ratio, so he will begin the season in the minor leagues. He’ll likely get another chance early in the season.