{"id":111545,"date":"2026-03-06T03:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/jeremy-pena-finger-fracture-takes-him-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic-and-puts-mlb-start-in-doubt\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T03:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T07:37:57","slug":"jeremy-pena-finger-fracture-takes-him-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic-and-puts-mlb-start-in-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mlb\/jeremy-pena-finger-fracture-takes-him-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic-and-puts-mlb-start-in-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Pe\u00f1a: Finger fracture takes him out of the World Baseball Classic and puts MLB start in doubt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jeremy Pe\u00f1a Suffers Fracture and Misses the World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Houston Astros&#8217; star shortstop, Jeremy Pe\u00f1a, has been diagnosed with a fracture in the tip of his right ring finger, the team announced this Thursday. The player will be reevaluated in two weeks, which puts his participation in the start of the regular season at risk.\n\nThe injury, discovered during an examination by a hand specialist, will also prevent him from participating in the World Baseball Classic.\n\nAstros manager Joe Espada informed the media that Pe\u00f1a suffered the damage in the nail area after a strong hit during an exhibition game with the Dominican Republic national team on Wednesday. Pe\u00f1a was removed shortly after the incident.\n\nPe\u00f1a, born in the Dominican Republic but raised in Rhode Island, was going to debut in the international tournament.\n\nThe Dominican Republic&#8217;s first game in the WBC is on Friday in Miami against Nicaragua, and the tournament final is scheduled for March 17.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He will be out for two weeks. We will have to find a replacement.<\/p><cite>Nelson Cruz, General Manager of Dominican Republic<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nCruz did not announce the replacement, but indicated that the team expects to have it ready for Friday&#8217;s game.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We have a great team. Jeremy was part of it. We have been preparing. Unfortunately, he will not be able to be with us. We will make the best possible decision.<\/p><cite>Albert Pujols, Manager of the Dominican Republic<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nPe\u00f1a, 28 years old, comes from a standout season in 2025, where he was selected for his first All-Star and batted .304 with an OPS of .840 and 20 stolen bases.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Pe\u00f1a Suffers Fracture and Misses the World Baseball Classic The Houston Astros&#8217; star shortstop, Jeremy Pe\u00f1a, has been diagnosed with a fracture in the tip of his right ring finger, the team announced this Thursday. The player will be reevaluated in two weeks, which puts his participation in the start of the regular season [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[91,12093,2142,1335],"class_list":{"0":"post-111545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-astros","9":"tag-finger-fracture","10":"tag-jeremy-pena","11":"tag-wbc"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}