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The eight-times Major League Baseball All-Star,
who won his second World Series title with the Astros last
November, exited Venezuela's quarter-final against the United
States on Saturday after he was struck by a pitch in the fifth
inning.
The Astros, who open their regular season on March 30 and are
among the World Series favourites, did not give a timetable for
Altuve's return, saying in a statement that they will have an
update on his prognosis following the surgery.
According to some reports, Altuve could be out for at least two
months.
"It's a massive blow," Astros General Manager Dana Brown said in
a report on the World Baseball Classic website.
"Right now, there's no timeline because the doctor's got to go
in and get this deal done. It's unfortunate that it is a
fracture that was revealed by the MRI and he's going to have to
have surgery on it."
Altuve, who was named American League Most Valuable Player in
2017, had a .300 batting average in 2022 along with 57 RBIs, 28
home runs and a team-high 158 hits.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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