Justin Steele is recovering from a flexor strain that occurred while rehabbing elbow surgery from last year. The return timeline remains uncertain, with earlier broad expectations that he might pitch sometime after the All-Star break. After a doctor check-in in Chicago, Steele was cleared to progress to strengthening work over the next couple of weeks. He will then move on to plyo balls. Despite this progress, he still will not throw a baseball for multiple weeks. There is no timeline provided for his return, and the situation remains in a speculation mode rather than a precise schedule.
"Given that it's often difficult for even the doctors to state with precision when a player might return from a particular ailment, I try to never pretend to be able to break these kinds of things down more than any outsider who has been doing this for a long time might. That's why, when I'm being honest - as I always try to be - I can't quite tell you what to take away from the latest update on Justin Steele. It sounds ... maybe somewhat good? But also not great maybe? Possibly? Either way, I think we'll be waiting a little longer to see Justin Steele back on the mound than we had been hoping in a very optimistic case."
"Steele has been recovering from a flexor strain suffered while rehabbing his elbow surgery from last year. I expect that the fact that the strain took place in the context of the rehab, that probably complicates the timeline even further. We were initially given a VERY broad expectation that Steele would presumably pitch this year, maybe sometime after the All-Star break, but breaking it down further than that required a lot of speculation, and it just wasn't worth doing until his next doctor check-in."
"Firstly, the good news: Justin Steele has been cleared to progress to strengthening work. "Good news" for Justin Steele.He saw Dr. Meister this morning and Steele is going to start making progress strengthening the next couple weeks and then move on to plyo balls. He still won't throw a baseball for multiple weeks. Craig Counsell said there is no timeline for his...- Elise Menaker (@EliseMenaker) May 26, 2026"
"So that is progress. No new issues. No stopping. He has been cleared for a next step. The less good news is obviously right there, too, in the nature of the step fo"
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