Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Brett Anderson will miss 3-to-5 months recovering from back surgery.
Anderson had surgery Thursday, two days after he hurt himself throwing batting practice. The bulging disk is only the latest in a string of injury setbacks in Anderson’s career.
It also could be a massive blow for the Dodgers, who are facing serious uncertainty in the starting rotation behind ace Clayton Kershaw. Veteran left-hander Scott Kazmir is situated as the No. 2 starter entering spring training.
The Dodgers signed Anderson to a one-year, $15.8 million contract at the end of the 2015 season with a qualifying offer the 28-year-old quickly signed.
—Detroit Tigers center fielder Cameron Maybin suffered a non-displaced fracture of his left wrist after being hit by a pitch in spring training.
The team announced Thursday that Maybin will be out four to six weeks while the wrist heals.
Maybin is in his first season with the Tigers after he was acquired from the Atlanta Braves in November. The injury likely will keep Maybin from playing in the regular-season opener and possibly until May.
—Kansas City Royals starting right fielder Jarrod Dyson will be out six weeks because of a Grade 2 oblique strain.
Dyson, expected to platoon in right field with Paulo Orlando, pulled up lame taking a swing in his first at-bat in Cactus League play on Wednesday. He slowly wandered to first base and was removed after the inning.
In 225 plate appearances last season, Dyson hit .250 with six triples and 26 stolen bases, third in the American League.
—Miami Marlins right-hander Carter Capps will visit Dr. James Andrews to investigate the cause of ongoing issues with the elbow in his throwing arm.
Capps missed two months last season and significant time in 2014 with elbow soreness. The Marlins shut him down Thursday and could consider the 60-day disabled list depending on his exam with Andrews.
Capps felt a bite in his right elbow during batting practice Sunday. He told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel an MRI was “inconclusive. You know it’s there, but you don’t know if it’s old, you don’t know if it’s new.”
—Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura expects shortstop Jimmy Rollins to make the 25-man roster out of spring training.
Rollins will be on the team and perhaps starting at shortstop alongside new third baseman Todd Frazier for the White Sox, Ventura said, unless “something happens physically where it wouldn’t work.”
Rollins, 37, signed only one week ago to compete with Tyler Saladino at shortstop.
—Yoenis Cespedes purchased a $7,000 grand champion hog from the county fair, but the New York Mets outfielder was not allowed to take it home.
Cespedes owns a ranch in Boca Raton, where he keeps horses and other livestock, but the Mets issued a statement claiming local laws don’t allow for keeping hogs purchased at the fair.
“The animal can’t be taken home as a pet,” said the Mets in a statement. “There is some sort of state law here in Florida that a hog bought at auction must be slaughtered. So, it’s not really Yoenis’ decision. It just the rule. The pig is not a pet.”