Atlanta Braves’ Ozzie Albies hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies throws out Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene at first during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
Braves 2B Ozzie Albies suffers broken bone in left hand versus the Nationals, ending his season
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥 Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies left Monday鈥檚 game against the Washington Nationals due to a fractured hamate bone in his left hand.
Atlanta Braves’ Ozzie Albies hits a solo home run in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard)
ATLANTA (AP) 鈥 Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies left Monday鈥檚 game against the Washington Nationals due to a fractured hamate bone in his left hand.
Albies showed discomfort in his wrist after fouling off a pitch in the third inning while batting against Washington right-hander Konnor Pilkington. He stayed in the game for one more pitch before walking toward the dugout and being attended to by Atlanta’s training staff. Nick Allen finished Albies鈥 at-bat and replaced him at second base at the start of the fourth inning.
鈥淗e felt something in there that was an impingement,鈥 Braves manager Brian Snitker said after that extended the team’s winning streak to a season-best nine games. 鈥(Head athletic trainer) George (Poulos) said 鈥楾hat鈥檚 kind of your hamate area.’ It was (on the swing) that he felt it and then (Poulos) said 鈥楾ry and dry swing before you go back up there鈥 and (Albies) said 鈥業 need to shut it down.鈥欌
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The hamate bone is on the palm side of the hand near the pinky and ring fingers. Albies and missed two months.
The 28-year-old Albies has played in all 157 of Atlanta鈥檚 games this season. He is batting .240 with 16 home runs and 74 RBIs.
鈥淚 hate it for him,鈥 Snitker said. ”(Tuesday) will be the first game he’s missed all year. 鈥淗e played a majority (of the season). (He) rallied back and had a really nice year. It’s just one of (those) tough things. It’s not an uncommon injury for hitters.
鈥淭his is a different (injury),鈥 Snitker said referring to Albies’ 2024 wrist break. 鈥淚’ve seen guys come back from this in a month from those things. Once the calendar turns, he’ll be able to get into his offseason routine and hitting and he’ll be ready to go by spring training.鈥
Snitker implied that Albies will undergo surgery, although the Braves said Albies is undergoing further testing.
鈥(Surgery) is usually what they do when they break (the hamate) is (remove) them,” Snitker said. 鈥淚t’s one of those things there that he won’t (injure) again.鈥
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