Both the Houston Astros and the Dominican Republic's World Baseball Classic squad were dealt a big blow when Jeremy Peña suffered a finger fracture.

Astros All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña has a fracture in the tip of his right ring finger. The fracture was revealed after he met with a hand specialist on Thursday afternoon. Peña sustained the injury

March 5: The Astros announced that shortstop Jeremy Peña has a fracture in the tip of his right ring finger. He will be reevaluated in two weeks. Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle was among those to relay the update.

Isaac Paredes would need to handle a more prominent role if Houston's shortstop is unavailable for Opening Day.

Shortstop Jeremy Pena just fractured his finger and is set to miss at least the first of the World Baseball Classic. Here's what this means for the Houston Astros coming into the regular season

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña will miss the World Baseball Classic with a broken right ring finger, the team announced on Thursday. Astros manager Joe Espada told reporters at the team's spring training complex that Peña was being sent to a hand specialist for assessment of some damage to the nail area on the finger after fielding a hard groundball for the Dominican Republic national team during

Astros All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña will be sidelined for at least two weeks after suffering a fracture to the tip of his right ring finger in an exhibition game Wednesday between the Dominican Republic and the Detroit Tigers in Santo Domingo,