Mets' Francisco Alvarez's hand surgery is 'hard for my mind'
The hamate — a tiny bone that connects the hand and wrist — was fractured. He had surgery in Pennsylvania on Sunday and returned to Mets camp by Wednesday morning. Written on his cast were the names of his parents, girlfriend and son and that of his second child due later this season.
Inside Mets' Francisco Alvarez hand injury: ‘I knew something was wrong’
Alvarez rushed into the trainer’s room after feeling his wrist pop. He thought that maybe he had broken his wrist, a far worse scenario than what was actually the case. An MRI revealed a hamate fracture in his left hand, a fairly common injury around baseball with a timeline of 6-8 weeks to return.
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