Catcher’s Return Timeline Unknown After Hit by Pitch [Video]

The Toronto Blue Jays received some bad news on Friday but it isn’t something that they haven’t heard before. Catcher Danny Jansen fractured the pisiform bone in his right wrist and will miss the start of the season.

According to Keegan Matheson of MLB.com, the pisiform bone is very small and sits where the hand meets the wrist underneath the pinky finger.

Jansen is no stranger to hand injuries. He fractured his right middle finger on a foul tip in 2023, and the fifth metacarpal on his left hand when a pitch hit him in 2022. He also had multiple hand injuries in the minor leagues.

“He’s getting good at dealing with it, for sure,” manager John Schneider said.“Some of it is …