Aside from your typical spring training reports and the upcoming World Baseball Classic, an unexpected recurring storyline is the recent outbreak of hamate bone injuries. Several players, including Francisco Lindor and Corbin Carroll, are undergoing surgery to treat the injury. It's not as common an injury as torn UCLs, but Lindor and Carroll are hardly the first athletes to be afflicted with such an ailment.
In 1996, Seattle's own Ken Griffey Jr. was sidelined with the injury in June, causing him to miss nearly a month of games. Luckily, it didn't seem to limit his productivity too much.