Here’s a running list of injury updates for several Major League players:

– Tigers catcher Victor Martinez hit the field today for his first real workouts since he was placed on the Disabled List reports Jason Beck of MLB.com. The results were positive for him as he returns from a groin strain. Martinez is eligible to come off the DL next week.

“I’m feeling great, man,” Martinez said. “This is the day that I can say it, because this is the first day I went outside and did something.”

– According to Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com, closer Jose Contreras will be out of action for three or four weeks after being diagnosed with a Grade 1 strain in his right elbow.

– Joe Mauer will be eligible to come off the Disabled List on Thursday, but General Manager Bill Smith said today that the catcher won’t be ready to come back just yet (via Joe Christensen of The Star-Tribune). Smith doesn’t have a timetable for Mauer’s return but said the catcher lost about one week of recovery time with a viral infection.

– According to Matthew Pouliot of NBCSports.com, Albert Pujols was out of the Cardinals lineup for the second day in a row with a hamstring problem.

The first baseman left Sunday’s game against the Reds in the seventh inning because of what was originally called tightness and later termed a strain of his left hamstring.

– Josh Hamilton was working out today in the outfield reports T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com. He adds that the outfielder is still more than a month away from returning.