
In just the past couple of days, three of MLB’s most prominent players—five-time All-Star Francisco Lindor of the Mets, two-time All-Star Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks and budding star Jackson Holliday of the Orioles—have been sidelined due to a hamate bone injury.
The news begs the question: What in the world is a hamate bone and how long does it take for such an injury to heal?