June 01, 2012|By Eduardo A. Encina | The Baltimore Sun
“For someone who’s not a pro athlete, you’re in a splint for about a week to 10 days and then your start moving it. And for most people, after six weeks you’re pretty much okay. In terms of all your activities, it can take three months, though, if things don’t go well. For someone like him, I’d certainly hope he’d be back, that he’d certainly be exercising after the 10 days, I’d hope that he’d be able to be back in the lineup within four to six weeks.”
Segalman said the pain from the surgery could linger throughout the season.
“Basically, he’ll feel it every time he catches a ball, throws it or takes an at bat, it’ll hurt,” he said. “So he’s going to be spending probably the good portion of the season recovering, but by the fall, he should be in pretty good shape either way. It’s just a question of when he’s actually going in the lineup and starts playing. But he’ll be playing in pain for awhile. I think he’s going to feel it. Let’s say he’s back by July 4, he’s still going to be feeling it. He probably won’t be as efficient or effective until Labor Day.”
Baltimore Sun reporter Connor Letourneau contributed to this article.
A sample of current and former players who have suffered a fractured hamate bone
Willy Aybar, Tamba Bay Rays DH; missed nearly three weeks (2006)
Jose Canseco, missed nearly four months (1989)
Ken Griffey Jr., missed nearly four weeks (1996)
Tony Gwynn Jr., Los Angeles Dodgers OF; missed nearly four weeks (2010)
Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox 2B; played final two months of season with a cracked hamate bone in his left wrist (2007)
Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants 3B; missed nearly seven weeks last season and suffered same injury in other wrist this year
Jim Thome, played final three games of the AL Division series with a broken hamate bone in his right hand (1996)
Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies SS; missed nearly six weeks of action (2010)
A sample of current and former players who have suffered a fractured hamate bone
Willy Aybar, Tamba Bay Rays DH; missed nearly three weeks (2006)
Jose Canseco, missed nearly four months (1989)
Ken Griffey, Jr., missed nearly four weeks (1996)
Tony Gwynn, Jr., Los Angeles Dodgers OF; missed nearly four weeks (2010)
Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox 2B; played final two months of season with a cracked hamate bone in his left wrist (2007)
Pablo Sandoval, San Francisco Giants 3B; missed nearly seven weeks last season and suffered same injury in other wrist this year
Jim Thome, played final three games of the AL Division series with a broken hamate bone in his right hand (1996)
Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado Rockies SS; missed nearly six weeks of action (2010)
