K ansas City Royals catching prospect Blake Mitchell (wrist) suffered a broken hamate bone in his right hand and will miss at least the next 4-to-6 weeks. Mitchell will undergo surgery sometime in ...

“I knew something bad happened,” Alvarez said. The hamate — a tiny bone that connects the hand and wrist — was fractured. He had surgery in Pennsylvania on Sunday and returned to Mets camp ...

marynissen.demon.co.uk Fractures of the hook of the hamate have rarely been reported. They have usually resulted from blunt trauma or a sharp strike against the hamate hook while swinging a golf club, ...

Hamate fractures or breaks are common enough that the 6-8 week timeline is more or less set in stone for most players, though naturally complications can arise when dealing with any hand-related ...

New York Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez will miss the next six to eight weeks after suffering a broken hamate bone in his left hand, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters on Sunday. Alvarez will ...

Mets No. 1 catcher Francisco Alvarez will be out for at least the next 6-8 weeks after fracturing the hamate bone on his left hand, which will require surgery, as manager Carlos Mendoza shared ...

He tore a ligament in his left thumb last April. This time a fractured hamate bone — a common injury for hitters — will cost him six to eight weeks, according to team officials. That puts him ...