Injury Report, August 12

16 ranked players had an injury reported in the last day.

Team medical staffs and beat reporters moved 16 ranked players in the last day. This is the ranked-only list, an injury to someone the board does not carry is not a fantasy decision, so those are left out, ordered by the value actually at risk rather than by when it was reported.

Who moved

PlayerPosILAreaValueVerdict
Riley GreeneOF/DHDTDHamstring494Hold
Brice Turang2BDTDThumb351Hold
Nick Kurtz1BIL10Thumb190Hold
Jose Altuve2B/DH/OFDTDFoot183Hold
Byron BuxtonOF/DHIL10Hip173Hold
Maikel Garcia3BIL10Hand101Droppable
Shane McClanahanSPIL15Back83Droppable
Cooper PrattSSIL10Hamstring83Droppable
Griffin JaxSP+RPIL15Elbow66Droppable
Jakob JunisRPIL15Thigh43Droppable
Gabe SpeierRPDTDBack32Bench
Roman AnthonyOF/DHIL60Finger21Droppable
Lenyn Sosa2B/1BIL60Wrist17Droppable
Justin SternerRPIL15Knee16Droppable

_Showing the 14 most valuable of 16._

What the reports say

Riley Greene: Greene exited Tuesday's game versus Cleveland in the third inning as a result of right hamstring tightness.

Brice Turang: Turang went 3-for-5 with two RBI in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Giants.

Nick Kurtz: Kurtz (thumb) is set to spend three more weeks in a brace after receiving a platelet-rich plasma injection last Tuesday, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.

Jose Altuve: Altuve went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Wednesday's 5-4 extra-inning loss to the Blue Jays.

Byron Buxton: Twins manager Derek Shelton said Wednesday that "tomorrow is a possibility" for Buxton's (hip) activation from the 10-day injured list, Jack Azoulay-Haron of ELEmergente.com reports.

Maikel Garcia: Garcia (hand) is expected to begin a minor-league rehab assignment with Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday.

Shane McClanahan: McClanahan (back) threw three perfect innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. He struck out two.

Cooper Pratt: Pratt (hamstring) is expected to return from the injured list sometime in late August, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

Griffin Jax: Jax (elbow) received an injection in right elbow after visiting with Dr. Keith Meister in Dallas, Ryan Bass of Rays.tv reports.

Jakob Junis: Junis (adductor) completed a bullpen session Tuesday, Shawn McFarland of The Dallas Morning News reports.

Gabe Speier: Speier was unavailable for Tuesday's game against the Yankees due to back discomfort, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.

Roman Anthony: Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Tuesday that Anthony (finger) is "getting closer" to a rehab assignment, MLB.com reports.

Lenyn Sosa: Sosa (wrist) resumed his rehab assignment with Single-A Dunedin on Tuesday, going 1-for-2 with a double and a hit-by-pitch.

Justin Sterner: Sterner (knee) will see a knee specialist at Stanford this week, per MLB.com.

The calls

Hold, day-to-day, not an IL move: Riley Greene, Brice Turang, Nick Kurtz, Jose Altuve, Byron Buxton

Bench, day-to-day and replaceable: Gabe Speier

Droppable, below the ~300th-ranked player, i.e. a free agent in most leagues: Maikel Garcia, Shane McClanahan, Cooper Pratt, Griffin Jax, Jakob Junis, Roman Anthony, Lenyn Sosa, Justin Sterner

How to read this

The verdicts are the engine's, not a hot take, and the cutoffs come from the board rather than from taste: value 295 is the top 5% of ranked players, and value 134 is roughly the 300th-ranked player, the last man rostered in a 12-team league. Above 295 nobody drops anyone; below 134 the player is a free agent in most formats whether he is hurt or not.

Status is the IL designation itself, which is the only honest signal of length available: the feed carries no return dates and no estimated timelines at all, both fields are empty on every record, so anyone quoting a return date is guessing. A 60-day placement is the club saying months; a 10-day is a fortnight.

Value is the replacement-adjusted number the boards sort on, so it answers the only question that matters here: how much is actually at stake. A high-value name on a short absence is usually a hold; a mid-value name on a long one is where roster spots get decided.

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