The path back to the majors will take longer for Orioles infielder Jackson Holliday.

Baltimore announced Tuesday that Holliday’s rehab assignment was paused due to mild right wrist soreness, near the spot where Holliday underwent surgery in February to remove a broken hamate bone. After a few days of rest, Holliday will begin another rehab assignment.

Holliday’s initial rehab assignment would have reached its maximum 20 days on Wednesday, but because of the new injury designation, Holliday can begin another one after a five-day buffer period.

“With Jackson, it’s making sure that he’s ready to come back,” manager Craig Albernaz said. “He also missed spring training, so there’s a lot of components to this. With Jackson, he got to see the docs, get to see where he’s at, get a little plan in place as far as preparation, rehab and what other aspects he needs to take to kind of nip that in the bud. Selfishly, it also gets him around with the boys for a little bit, gets [him] around our coaches. So when he leaves here, when he goes to play again, he’ll be in a better spot.”

Holliday played 11 rehab games for Triple-A Norfolk. He hit .167 in those games, though rehab statistics are rarely viewed as an indication of a player’s health.

Soreness in the area of the incision isn’t unexpected for those recovering from a broken hamate bone. Holliday told The Virginian-Pilot last week that his hand still bothered him on swings.

“You’re going to feel it,” Orioles assistant hitting coach Brady North said Sunday. “It’s never comfortable when a hitter feels something in his hand. You get jammed, you don’t like it. And you just have that sensation probably for the next four to five months. But not concerned with Jackson at all. He’s going to be just fine.”

Holliday was part of a trio of notable players who underwent hamate bone surgeries during the spring, joining Mets infielder Francisco Lindor and Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll. Those two have returned.

“It’s still the middle of April, so the whole rush component is — actually, at any point, a player shouldn’t rush to come back when they’re on the IL,” Albernaz said.