The Jacked List: August 17, 2026
The injury list is doing work right now. Some names are finally trending the right way. Others are nowhere close.
JACKED
Nick Pivetta, Padres
Pivetta remains on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation and a flexor strain.
His rehab progression was paused after elbow tightness surfaced in his first rehab start. He has resumed throwing, including bullpen work, but there is still no firm return date. That is not the update San Diego wanted.
Jason Adam, Padres
Adam is on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. An MRI did not reveal major structural damage, but the shoulder has kept one of San Diego’s most important relievers out since late June.
The good news is this is not a 60-day IL situation. The bad news is the Padres still do not have him back.
Ramón Laureano, Padres
Laureano is on the 60-day injured list after surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip.
This is a long-term recovery, not a quick reset. A late-season return is uncertain, and 2027 remains the more realistic target.
Matt Chapman, Giants
Chapman’s season is over after surgery to repair torn core muscles.
He tried to work back from the abdominal injury. It did not hold. The Giants lose their third baseman, their defense and another major piece of a season that has already gone sideways.
Daniel Susac, Giants
Susac is on the 10-day injured list with a fractured left kneecap after taking a foul ball off the knee.
The initial diagnosis was a contusion. An MRI revealed the patella fracture. There is no responsible reason to guess at a return date until the Giants provide one.
UNJACKED
Joe Musgrove, Padres
Musgrove’s Tommy John comeback keeps moving.
In his latest Triple-A rehab start, he threw 70 pitches over 4 2/3 innings and struck out five. He allowed five runs on nine hits, but the results are not the point yet. The workload is climbing, the velocity is there and a return to the Padres is getting closer.
Willy Adames, Giants
Adames is back in the lineup after the Grade 1 lower back strain.
He returned Sunday and homered. That is the cleanest possible way to move from Jacked to Unjacked.
Marcelo Mayer, Red Sox
Mayer remains on the injured list with a bone stress reaction in his left ulna, but he has been cleared to begin a hitting progression.
There is still no firm return date. Progress is progress, and that is enough to land on the good side of the list this week.
MOST JACKED
Nick Pivetta. Any pause in an elbow rehab gets your attention. The Padres need him, and the lack of a firm timetable makes this the biggest concern on today’s list.
MOST UNJACKED
Joe Musgrove. Seventy pitches in Triple-A is real progress. The final stretch of a Tommy John comeback is never simple, but Musgrove is getting close enough for Padres fans to start paying attention.
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