Injury report — draft day approaches!

Dodgers fans have seen an awful lot of this in the past few seasons. 

Hello again, FBLG owners! Our normal procedure from FBLG headquarters (it's a 40-story high rise smack in the middle of midtown Manhattan, of course) has been to provide multiple injury updates during the spring so you can adjust your draft preparation accordingly. Well, this year we decided that it makes more sense to just do one injury report before the draft. Also, we're kind of lazy and never got around to it. File your complaints to the usual place.

So here's a look at key injuries for each NL team. Not every player in camp will be listed here, so if you really need to know what's going on with the tender ankle of the Pirates' fourth-string shortstop, hit the Internet and do some research! (Joke's on you because the Pirates don't even have a FIRST-team shortstop.)

We don't plan to update this list before Saturday's draft, so you'll want to be on top of things in case the ace you have your eye on blows out his elbow in the next two days.

ARIZONA: 1B Jake Lamb is day-to-day with back tightness but is expected to be ready for opening day. SP Taijuan Walker is recovering from Tommy John surgery and isn't expected to return until June.

ATLANTA: SP Mike Foltynewicz, who has been out with a sore elbow, is throwing but isn't expected to return until late April.

CHICAGO: UT Daniel Descalso has a sore shoulder and might be ready for opening day. SS Addison Russell is suspended for the first 29 games of the season. SP Yu Darvish borrowed Rich Hill's blister but is expected to be ready for opening day. RP Brandon Morrow had elbow surgery in November and is expected to miss the first couple weeks of the season. RP Pedro Strop has a strained hamstring but hasn't been ruled out for opening day.

Hey, it's our first Mets joke of 2019! 

CINCINNATI: SP Alex Wood is recovering from a stiff back but won't be ready for opening day. SP Sonny Gray had elbow stiffness early in camp, but he's getting stretched out and should be ready to go when the season starts.

COLORADO: SP Antonio Senzatela is out for a while with an infected blister on his right heel, which just sounds unpleasant.

LOS ANGELES: SS Corey Seager is recovering from elbow and hip surgeries but is expected to be ready for opening day. SP Clayton Kershaw, out with a bum shoulder, missed most of camp and says he will need 20 more days to get ready for the season. 1B Max Muncy missed time with a sore wrist but will be ready to go for opening day.

MIAMI: C Jorge Alfaro has missed time with knee inflammation after crashing into a railing and re-injuring it sliding, but the team thinks he'll be ready for opening day.

MILWAUKEE: SP Jimmy Nelson is recovering from a shoulder injury and is expected to join the rotation in April. RP Jeremy Jeffress has a sore shoulder and will start the season on the injured list.

NEW YORK: C Travis d'Arnaud — yeah, it's shocking that he's hurt — is recovering from Tommy John surgery and battling for the backup job, and the team thinks he'll be ready for opening day. 1B Todd Frazier has a strained oblique and might start the season on the injured list. 3B Jed Lowrie has a capsule sprain in his knee and might start the season on the injured list. OF Yoenis Cespedes is recovering from surgery on both heels and isn't likely to be ready till midseason. He's scheduled to get reinjured two weeks later.

Pirates team doctors decontaminate after examining
catcher Elias Diaz and his mystery virus.

PHILADELPHIA: 1B Rhys Hoskins has a sore left shoulder and will be rested so he can be ready for opening day. OF Odubel Herrera is recovering from a hamstring strain and looks likely for opening day. OF Roman Quinn has an oblique injury and will start the season on the injured list. SP Jerad Eickhoff is recovering from surgery to address carpal tunnel syndrome; he might start the season in the rotation, in the bullpen, in the minors or on the injured list.

PITTSBURGH: C Elias Diaz has been out with an undisclosed virus and could start the year on the injured list. OF Gregory Polanco is rehabbing after shoulder surgery and is expected to return in April. SP Joe Musgrove had abdominal surgery in the offseason but is expected to start the season in the rotation. SP Chad Kuhl had Tommy John surgery and won't return this year.

SAN DIEGO: OF Travis Jankowski has a broken wrist; the Padres have not provided an update on his status, presumably because no one cares. SP Dinelson Lamet might return by midseason after having Tommy John surgery. SP Garrett Richards had the same surgery but won't pitch this season. SP Jacob Nix fell victim to the Padres' curse and has a torn ligament in his pitching elbow. You know what that means.

SAN FRANCISCO: SP Johnny Cueto is recovering from Tommy John surgery and isn't likely to pitch this year.

ST. LOUIS: 3B Matt Carpenter has been out all week with back tightness but is expected to be ready to go. 3B Jedd Gyorko has a calf injury, and his status for opening day is cloudy. OF Marcell Ozuna is recovering from shoulder surgery but appears to be ready for the season. SP Carlos Martinez had a platelet-rich plasma injection in his shoulder and will start the year on the injured list. He might not return until May or June.

WASHINGTON: 2B Howie Kendrick has missed time with a bad hamstring and could start the year on the injured list. OF Michael Taylor injured a knee and hip making a diving catch, and he might not be ready to start the season.