Both fingers are still immensely swollen. Cota can't make a fist with that hand, can't really even come close. He can squeeze just hard enough to hold the bat. The ligaments won't completely heal for many months, if not a full year. The swelling won't subside until he takes some time off.
Surgery is a possibility.
He's just continued playing. We really don't have another second baseman. Seeing him out there every day, his heart is what is most inspirational. Cota shrugs, same as he did when the trainers tried to walk him off the field that first day of April. He worked hard to get into the lineup.