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Atlanta Braves

• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Atlanta Braves', 'player': 'Joe Jimenez', 'position': 'RP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-08-31', 'note': 'Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said Monday that Jimenez (knee) has been responding well to throwing multiple bullpen sessions over the past few weeks, though the skipper acknowledged that a return from the 60-day injured list this season would still be a "giant leap," Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.', 'detail': "On the mend after undergoing a third surgery on his left knee in the spring, Jimenez is making good progress in his recovery and seemingly took an important step forward Monday by reporting to Atlanta to continue his rehab after he had previously been working out at the organization's facility in Florida. Per Chad Bishop of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jimenez threw a 20-pitch side session at Truist Park and also took part in pitcher's fielding practice Monday. Jimenez will still need to complete a series of live sessions and then perhaps go on a rehab assignment before Atlanta seriously considers activating him, and it's not clear if the 31-year-old will have enough time to check all of those boxes before the end of the regular season. Jimenez hasn't pitched in a big-league or minor-league game since October 2024.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33760'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Atlanta Braves', 'player': 'Joey Wentz', 'position': 'RP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-05-08', 'note': 'Atlanta placed Wentz (knee) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday.', 'detail': 'The transaction clears a 40-man roster spot for waiver pick Osvaldo Bido. Wentz will miss the entire 2026 campaign after undergoing surgery earlier this month to repair a torn ACL in his right knee.', 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/40927'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Atlanta Braves', 'player': 'Spencer Schwellenbach', 'position': 'SP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-08-28', 'note': 'Schwellenbach will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a fracture in his right elbow, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.', 'detail': "Schwellenbach missed the final three months of last season with the injury, and it seems the fracture never properly healed. He has been sidelined this season following surgery in February to remove bone spurs from his elbow. There's no word yet on the timeline for Schwellenbach, but it's possible he will not be ready in time for the start of the 2027 season.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4424862'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Atlanta Braves', 'player': 'Spencer Strider', 'position': 'SP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-08-28', 'note': "Strider (elbow) is not expected to return to Atlanta's active roster before the end of this season, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.", 'detail': 'Strider has been shelved since mid-June with right elbow inflammation. He resumed a throwing progression earlier this month, and while the team has not yet officially ruled out a return this season for the right-hander, Bowman says "the assumption since June" is that Strider will not make it back.', 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4307825'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Atlanta Braves', 'player': 'Reynaldo Lopez', 'position': 'RP', 'status': '15-Day-IL', 'severity': 80, 'date': '2026-08-31', 'note': 'Atlanta manager Walt Weiss said Monday that Lopez (knee) is expected to make another rehab start this week before being activated from the 15-day injured list, Grant McAuley of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.', 'detail': "Lopez has covered nine innings between his first two rehab starts with Triple-A Gwinnett, striking out five batters while allowing four runs on 11 hits and one walk. Though the right-hander could be headed for the bullpen once he's activated from the IL, Atlanta is giving Lopez the chance to get stretched out as a starter in case he's needed to fill a spot in the big club's six-man rotation during September. Before landing on the IL on Aug. 2 due to left knee inflammation, Lopez had started in each of his last six appearances for Atlanta and logged a 3.86 ERA, 1.29 WHIP and 27:8 K:BB across 28 innings.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/33860'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Atlanta Braves', 'player': 'Robert Suarez', 'position': 'RP', 'status': '15-Day-IL', 'severity': 80, 'date': '2026-08-31', 'note': "Suarez (elbow) took pitcher's fielding practice at Truist Park on Monday and will throw a bullpen session Tuesday, Jesus Cano of The Athletic reports.", 'detail': 'The veteran reliever is ready to take the mound for the first time since he went down with right elbow inflammation more than two months ago. Suarez said that he expects to throw at least one more bullpen session after Tuesday before his next step is determined. He remains in line to return from the injured list sometime in September as long as he can avoid setbacks.', 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4148749'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Atlanta Braves', 'player': 'Jurickson Profar', 'position': 'LF', 'status': 'suspension', 'severity': 50, 'date': '2026-05-08', 'note': 'Profar will miss the full 2026 season after the appeal of his 162-game PED suspension was denied Thursday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.', 'detail': "The 33-year-old outfielder was handed the suspension in early March, and the ban is now official with the appeal process completed. It's the second straight season with a PED suspension for Profar, who will also be ineligible to play in the postseason.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/31117'}

Washington Nationals

• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Washington Nationals', 'player': 'Connelly Early', 'position': 'SP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-08-28', 'note': 'Nationals manager Blake Butera said Friday that Early (elbow) will begin a rehab assignment Sept. 8, Kyle Williams of TheBanner.com reports.', 'detail': "Early threw a bullpen session Friday, a continuance of his throwing program as he progresses in his recovery from left elbow inflammation and forearm tightness. He'll embark on a rehab assignment in early September, so there's still a chance that the 24-year-old southpaw will pitch in the majors before the end of the 2026 season.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4863321'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Washington Nationals', 'player': 'DJ Herz', 'position': 'SP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-08-21', 'note': 'Herz (elbow) struck out two and allowed one hit and two walks over two scoreless innings in a rehab start Thursday with Double-A Harrisburg.', 'detail': "After Herz underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2025 and then suffered a left flexor strain in late June, the Nationals have been having him ramp up slowly since he started up a new rehab assignment earlier this month. Through three outings between Single-A Fredericksburg and Harrisburg, Herz has yet to permit a run, but he's been limited to one, two and two innings in those appearances. The 33 pitches he threw Thursday marked a new high total for Herz, but he'll likely need to push that count up to the 70-to-80 range before becoming a viable option for the Washington rotation.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4917686'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Washington Nationals', 'player': 'Josiah Gray', 'position': 'SP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-08-25', 'note': 'Gray (elbow) is scheduled to make the third appearance of his rehab assignment Tuesday with High-A Wilmington, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.', 'detail': 'Gray has spent the entire season on the injured list after suffering a right flexor strain during spring training. He was cleared to begin his rehab assignment at Single-A Fredericksburg last week and covered three innings between two appearances, striking out three batters while allowing one run on four hits and one walk. Gray was deployed in relief in both of those outings, so the Nationals may be leaning toward bringing him back from the 60-day IL as a multi-inning reliever rather than stretching him out for a starting role.', 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/41165'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Washington Nationals', 'player': 'Ken Waldichuk', 'position': 'RP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-06-11', 'note': 'Waldichuk (elbow) underwent Tommy John surgery and an internal brace procedure April 21 and is hopeful to return to game action at some point early in the 2027 season, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.', 'detail': 'Waldichuk posted a 6.75 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in 9.1 innings over his five relief appearances with Washington before landing on the injured list April 13 after suffering a left forearm injury. The southpaw received a couple of medical opinions in the week following the injury and ultimately decided to undergo Tommy John surgery for the second time in just under two years, after he previously had the procedure in May 2024. Waldichuk also underwent a flexor tendon repair as part of the operation.', 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4189711'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Washington Nationals', 'player': 'Mitchell Parker', 'position': 'RP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-07-30', 'note': 'Parker underwent elbow ligament repair surgery with an internal brace Wednesday, Mark Zuckerman of NatsJournal.com reports.', 'detail': 'Parker moved to the 60-day IL at the start of the month after being diagnosed with a Grade 3 UCL sprain, and the procedure will officially keep him out for the remainder of 2026 and most, if not all, of the 2027 campaign, as well.', 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4683356'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Washington Nationals', 'player': 'PJ Poulin', 'position': 'RP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-08-02', 'note': 'The Nationals transferred Poulin (forearm) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Sunday.', 'detail': "Poulin had been on the shelf since July 19 due to a left flexor strain, and his move to the 60-day IL ensures that he'll remain out through Sept. 13. The southpaw's move to the 60-day frees up a spot on the 40-man roster for one of Yovanny Cruz and Jake Bird, two of the four players the Nationals acquired Sunday in the deal that sent Luis Garcia to the Yankees.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4019760'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Washington Nationals', 'player': 'Richard Lovelady', 'position': 'RP', 'status': '60-Day-IL', 'severity': 95, 'date': '2026-09-01', 'note': 'Lovelady (triceps) pitched in a bridge game Friday, MLB.com reports.', 'detail': "Lovelady has been on the injured list since June 29 due to a left triceps strain but has since been cleared to face live hitters. The Nationals haven't been eager to lay out a timeline for the southpaw's return, though he'll seemingly be activated from the IL at some point during the final month of the regular season.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/39856'}
• {'sport': 'MLB', 'team': 'Washington Nationals', 'player': 'Drew Millas', 'position': 'C', 'status': '10-Day-IL', 'severity': 75, 'date': '2026-08-16', 'note': 'Millas (finger) completed throwing from 90 feet, took dry swings on each side of the plate and hit off a tee approximately 20 times from each side during a comprehensive workout Friday, MLB.com reports.', 'detail': "The switch-hitting catcher is on the mend from an index finger fracture on his left (non-throwing) hand, which has kept him on the shelf since July 15. Since the All-Star break, Harry Ford has been filling in for Millas as the Nationals' No. 2 catcher behind Keibert Ruiz, with Ford having thus far submitted a .774 OPS over 55 plate appearances. Though Millas looks to be progressing in his recovery and may soon head out on a rehab assignment, he could be optioned to Triple-A Rochester or settle for the third spot on the depth chart with Washington once he's brought back from the injured list.", 'player_url': 'https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/_/id/4228448'}

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