Baseball hitters are on a quest for power. But that quest comes at a cost. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas DiLiberti about baseball players suffering hamate injuries.

The Detroit Tigers placed prospect Kevin McGonigle on the injured list Monday with a right hamate fracture, which requires surgery. The hamate is a carpal bone found within the hand, and the ...

Pitchers and catchers reporting to MLB Spring Training is always a fraught time of year, as physicals reveal all manner of offseason injuries that hadn't previously been made public. In 2026, though, ...

First, it was Francisco Lindor. Then, it was Jackson Holliday. And then? It was Corbin Carroll. All three big names suffered hamate injuries as MLB spring training kicked off in Florida and Arizona.

Top Brewers prospect Tyler Black will miss the first six to eight weeks of the season after suffering a hamate fracture in his right hand, reports Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Black ...

Francisco Lindor is one of the all-stars who have fallen victim to the hamate bone injury Calvin Hernandez / Getty Images Before MLB spring training even began this month, hamate bone injuries claimed ...