"This time of year, in relation to injuries popping up, we generally think about pitchers. They've worked out during the offseason, maybe even throwing, but once they start the process of ramping up to competitive pitches, they feel something go uh-oh in their shoulder or elbow. It sucks. Every year, almost every team is hit by at least one of those. We could find out later today about the Cubs on that front when Jed Hoyer meets with the media for the start of camp."
"Though it's usually not THIS rapidly impacting THIS many star players: This degree of impact is not something I've seen before, even as we know that that little hook-shaped bone at the base of the hand is susceptible to breaking when hitters ramp up their swings. It's just kind of a stupid shape in there for baseball players, but thankfully is not an altogether necessary bone"
Pitchers often experience ramp-up injuries in shoulder or elbow early in spring training. Positional players can sustain hamate bone injuries when increasing swinging intensity. Recent examples include Corbin Carroll breaking the right hamate and missing the World Baseball Classic; Francisco Lindor being evaluated for a left hamate stress reaction with possible surgery and six-week recovery; and Jackson Holliday breaking the right hamate during live batting practice and undergoing surgery that will delay Opening Day. The hamate's hook shape at the hand base makes it vulnerable to fracture, though it is not essential for hand function.
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