Weird: Francisco Lindor, Corbin Carroll, and Jackson Holliday are all in jeopardy of missing Opening Day due to broken hamate bones
Spring Training is barely out of the garage and already the baseball gods are cooking up something weird. We’re talking three legit stars dealing with the same obscure injury at the exact moment everyone is supposed to be ramping up for the 2026 MLB season.
Francisco Lindor, Corbin Carroll, and Jackson Holliday have all been hit with hamate bone issues, which means Opening Day is suddenly a question mark for multiple teams that had zero interest in answering questions right now.
Jackson Holliday is having surgery to remove a broken hamate bone in his right hand.
Corbin Carroll will undergo surgery on Wednesday after breaking the hamate bone in his right hand
Francisco Lindor will have hamate bone surgery today after undergoing testing
If you are sitting there wondering what in the hell a hamate bone is, congratulations, you are a normal person. It is a small bone in the hand near the base of the palm, and hitters put a ton of stress on it every time they swing, check a swing, or get jammed.
When it breaks, the usual fix is surgery, and even when recovery goes well it messes with grip strength and timing, which are kind of important when your job description is hit ball hard.
What makes this bizarre is not that it happens. Hamate injuries have popped up for years. What makes it bizarre is the clustering. Three young, franchise level names all dealing with it as camps open feels like the baseball version of everyone suddenly pulling a hamstring on the same day.
You start wondering if guys are swinging differently, training differently, or if this is just rotten luck lining up all at once.
Some players come back fast. Others say it takes months before the hand feels normal again. Power can dip. Bat speed can lag. Confidence can wobble. You might technically be active while still not really being yourself.
So now you have the New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks, and Baltimore Orioles all staring at their calendars and pretending not to sweat while quietly sweating a lot.
Baseball injuries are part of the annual tradition. A rite of spring. Pitchers break, somebody strains something random, and fans grumble while convincing themselves depth will save the day. But three headliners dealing with a bone most people learned existed five minutes ago is new territory.
It also creates that uncomfortable gray area where nobody wants to say a guy will miss time, yet nobody can promise he will be ready either. Which is how you end up refreshing updates every morning instead of talking about lineups and rotations like normal people in February.
Brutal start to camp. Weird injury. Big names. And a reminder that even before a single meaningful pitch is thrown, the season can tilt in a hurry.
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