Clay Buchholz will undergo surgery on his right knee Tuesday, according to Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington.

The procedure will be performed by Dr. Peter Asnis and Buchholz is expected to have a normal offseason.

"It's a meniscus repair," Cherington said. "This is something that he's had some off-and-on symptoms for some time now. Not something that prevents him from pitching, but we just want to use the offseason to take care of this. It's a relatively routine procedure. Pretty quick recovery, shouldn't affect his offseason."

Cherington said that the ailment is something Buchholz has dealt with over the course of at least this season.

Ryan Braun is scheduled to have surgery this week to fix a nagging nerve problem near his right thumb, according to an ESPN.com report.

The injury contributed to Braun having one of the least productive full seasons of his career. 

Braun said Sunday the rare procedure involved going into the thumb and freezing the nerve. The problem, which carried over from the 2013 season, affected his swing.

Trevor Plouffe's season is over a few days early because of a broken left forearm.

Plouffe was hurt on Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, when A.J. Pollock stole third base. Plouffe's forearm banged against Pollock's knee during the attempted tag, and the Minnesota Twins infielder instantly yelled in pain.

He batted a career-high .258 with a team-high 40 doubles, 14 home runs and 14 errors this season.

The Texas Rangers are shutting down Jurickson Profar for a few months in an effort to rehab his right shoulder to get it right before the 2015 season.

Profar has missed the entire season with tear in his teres muscle in his right shoulder.

"Bottom line is we've gone down a similar path before and definitely a level of frustration that we haven't been able to get better answers and to get him back to this point," Jon Daniels said. "This is based on everyone we've consulted with and Jurickson's feeling and preference that he can strengthen his shoulder on his own through a rehab process this is what we think is the best course of action right now."

Daniels said surgery isn't an option right now because there are no guarantees that surgery will fix the problem. Profar hurt the shoulder for the first time in 2010 diving back to a base. He aggravated it again in winter ball last year.

The San Francisco Giants will not have Angel Pagan for the playoffs.

Pagan has a bulging disk in his back and will undergo surgery Thursday in Los Angeles. The outfielder is expected to be out for three months.

"It's just time to get something done," Bruce Bochy said. "This thing's been nagging him for three or four months. It's just not getting any better. We want to get it done now so he'll be a full go in spring training."

Pagan hit .300/.342/.389 in 96 games this season.

The New York Mets will shut down Jacob deGrom before his final start.

According to a source, the club has placed an innings cap on the 26-year-old right-hander.

DeGrom had been lined up to face the Houston Astros on Saturday at Citi Field.

The rookie has logged 140 1/3 innings in the majors this season, and 178 2/3 innings overall when his Triple-A work is included. That's already a jump of 31 innings from his 2013 total.

Matt Shoemaker is unlikely to pitch in the team's final five regular-season games due to a mild left rib-cage strain, but the Los Angeles Angels are hopeful he can take the mound in the playoffs.

Shoemaker played some light catch Monday, the first time he's thrown since suffering the injury against the Seattle Mariners on Sept. 15.

"It's better, but it's still sore," Shoemaker said. "I'm getting into a lot of physical activity, moving around, getting ready to go. There's still no timetable, but I feel very optimistic about getting on a mound again."

Anibal Sanchez threw about 50 pitches in a simulated game Sunday and could return to the Detroit Tigers this week.

The right-hander went on the disabled list Aug. 9 with a strained right chest muscle.

Sanchez is 8-5 with a 3.46 ERA in 21 starts. The Tigers could use him in relief.

Jacoby Ellsbury sat out Saturday's game with a mild hamstring strain, but the New York Yankees outfielder still hopes to return this season.

"I'm going to do everything I can to be back as soon as possible but today I'm just basically going to do as much treatment as possible to see how it responds," Ellsbury said.

Ellsbury left Friday night's 5-3 win against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fifth inning with a hamstring strain suffered while he was running out a grounder in the bottom of the fourth.

The Yankees have eight games left in the regular season and are 4.5 games out of the Wild Card race.

The Washington Nationals have activated Ryan Zimmerman from the disabled list.

Zimmerman has been out with a Grade 3 hamstring strain since late July.

He was hitting sixth for the Washington Nationals and playing left field with Bryce Harper given the day off.

"It's exciting to at least be a part of [the playoff run] in some way, however it turns out to be," said Zimmerman, who missed the last 55 games. "Hopefully I can come back and help. Whatever capacity it is or whatever they ask me to do, I'm more than willing to do it."