Mike Axisa

CBS Sports Writer /

MLB trends: Braves' aggression, Mariners' failed offseason gambit and Rockies' stunning futility record

Here's what's stood out as we approach the one-month mark of the 2024 MLB season

Max Scherzer injury: Rangers ace to make first rehab start Wednesday, says he's 'ramping up like normal'

Scherzer has not yet pitched since back surgery in December

Triston Casas injury update: Red Sox slugger suffers rib fracture, will be out 'a while'

Catcher Tyler Heineman was called up to take his roster spot

Brewers pitcher Jakob Junis hospitalized after being hit in neck with ball during batting practice

Junis was alert and responsive when he left the park

WATCH: Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani breaks Hideki Matsui's home run record for Japanese-born players

Ohtani hit his 176th MLB home run off the Mets Sunday afternoon

White Sox make ignominious history with latest loss as Chicago gets swept by Phillies

The White Sox are now 3-18 to start the 2024 season

J.D. Martinez injury update: Mets DH could make season debut Friday after starting year with back issue

Martinez will continue his rehab assignment with a move to Triple-A on Tuesday

Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly scratched from Sunday start with shoulder discomfort

Kelly has put up a 2.19 ERA in his first four starts this season

Brewers pitcher acquired in Corbin Burnes trade hits IL after just four starts with Milwaukee

DL Hall suffered a left knee sprain

Anthony Rendon lands on IL just as Angels veteran says he 'was getting into a groove' after early struggles

Rendon suffered a left hamstring strain legging out an infield single Saturday

Cristian Javier injury: Astros pitcher hits IL with neck discomfort as Houston loses another rotation member

Javier was scratched from Sunday's game

Orioles' Colton Cowser accidentally tossed ball from Craig Kimbrel's record-tying save: 'I just yeeted it'

Stadium workers were able to retrieve the ball from the fountain

Aaron Judge booed on bobblehead day: Four possible explanations for Yankees slugger's awful start to 2024

Judge is hitting below .200 through the first 21 games of the year after a disrupted spring training

Florida's Jac Caglianone sees record-tying home run streak come to an end after nine games

Caglianone, a certain top-10 draft pick this summer, is a two-way star for the Gators

Jordan Montgomery makes D-backs debut; Southpaw twirls six innings opposite Blake Snell in first start of 2024

After a tumultuous free agency period, Montgomery is back on the bump

Mike Axisa joined CBS Sports in 2013. He has been a member of the BBWAA since 2015 and has previously written about both fantasy baseball and real life baseball for MLBTradeRumors.com, FanGraphs.com, RotoAuthority.com, and YESNetwork.com. Mike is a native New Yorker.

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