ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Ozzie Albies’ season ended Monday after he fractured his left hamate bone, prompting a decision to be made on whether the Atlanta Braves should bring back the second baseman next season.

The expectation is that he’d be OK by spring training. That’s if the team exercises his $7 million option ($4M buyout) for 2026.

Atlanta Braves' Ozzie Albies, left, exits with head athletic trainer George Poulis, front right, with an injury in the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Colin Hubbard) (Colin Hubbard | AP)

It’s a disappointing conclusion to the season for Albies, who missed much of the final two months of the 2024 campaign with a wrist injury. The effects of that injury lingered

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