Corbin Carroll will no longer be able to play for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. Norm Hall / Getty Images
Feb. 11, 2026Updated 12:58 pm EST
Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday and Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll on Wednesday were sidelined by hamate bone fractures that require surgery after arriving early to their respective spring training camps.
They aren’t the only ones going under the knife for breaks in their hands. New York Mets star Francisco Lindor was found to have a hamate bone injury in his left (non-throwing) hand and will undergo an operation on Wednesday, manager Carlos Mendoza said.
Carroll, who reports say sustained the injury to his right (non-throwing) hand, will also have his surgery on Wednesday. The injury means he will no longer be able to suit up for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, which begins its play in Pool B on March 6. Whether the two-time All-Star can recover in time for the D-Backs’ season opener on March 26 is not yet known.
“He basically told me as he walked by me (on Tuesday), ‘I think I just broke my hand,’ and I thought he was kidding,” manager Torey Lovullo said during an appearance on MLB Network. “Clearly, there was something wrong, goes to get the X-Rays and he broke his hamate. … He’s going to have his procedure today and then beyond that, we don’t know what’s going to happen. We might shuffle some things around in the outfield. The bottom line is he’s going to get healthy, he’s going to return and hopefully misses as little time as possible.”
Orioles general manager Mike Elias told reporters at the team’s spring facilities in Florida that Holliday, 22, will have surgery on his right (throwing) hand on Thursday and miss the start of the season.
A typical rehabilitation process for injuries to the hamate, which the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons describes as a small carpal bone on the pinky finger side of the wrist that connects the wrist to the hand, takes four to six weeks.
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