Skip to content  Astros outfielder J.D. Martinez has
hand surgery  Sep 24, 2012, 5:22 PM EST  J.D. Martinez AP  J.D.
Martinez, who leads the Astros in RBIs despite a sub-.700 OPS
and month-long demotion to the minors, underwent surgery to
remove the hook from the hamate bone in his left hand.  He’s
done for the season and is expected to be sidelined for 4-6
weeks, but Zachary Levine of the Houston Chronicle reports that
the Astros are hoping Martinez will be ready to play winter
ball.  Martinez had big numbers at Double-A last season and then
held his own in a 53-game debut with the Astros, but the
24-year-old outfielder hit just .241 with 11 homers and a .685
OPS in 113 games for Houston this year and was terrible during
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