Orioles' Markakis Has Surgery In Sarasota

Baltimore Oriole Nick Markakis is briefly returning to Sarasota for right wrist surgery due to broken hamate bone, according to MLB.com.

Sarasota surgeon Dr. Brian Schofield will remove the bone during a surgery Friday, June 1, MLB.com reports:

"A broken hamate bone is a fairly common baseball injury, and X-rays typically don't pick it up -- which explains why Markakis' X-rays on Wednesday were negative. He was examined in Sarasota by specialist Dr. John Hand on Thursday afternoon. The procedure is brief and typically under 20 minutes with an estimated recovery timetable of from 2-4 weeks. It's relatively good news for the Orioles, who were fearful Markakis -- their most durable player -- would be out for the rest of the season."

Markakis will be placed on the disabled list, according to the Orioles.

Markakis felt the injury Tuesday while in Toronto, according to MLB.com, and luckily, the Orioles were on their way to St. Petersburg this week to play the Tampa Bay Rays.

The series begins tonight at 7:10 p.m. at Tropicana Field and the Rays also play the Orioles Saturday at 4:10 p.m. and Sunday at 1:40 p.m. 

CHIME IN: Have you had good care by Dr. John Hand and Dr. Brian Schofiled? And who do you root for in this series — the Sarasota Spring Training home team or the Rays?