The broken pisiform bone in Miller's right wrist is nonessential, and there is no harm in him attempting to play through the injury, the Wall Street Journal's Jared Diamond reports.

The broken pisiform bone in Miller's right wrist is nonessential, and there is no harm in him attempting to play through the injury, the Wall Street Journal's Jared Diamond reports.

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According to the report, as long as Miller can tolerate the pain, he should be able to continue to play without much risk. If the discomfort does not subside and the bone does not heal on its own, he could undergo a procedure to remove the bone entirely -- a procedure that would require about three weeks of rest. "If you have to break a bone in the wrist, that's a good place," said Michael Hausman, the chief of hand and elbow surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. "It might not be symptomatic and he may be able to just play through this. There's no harm in trying." Of course, Miller still needs to field his position, but in 61.2 innings last year, he participated in just five fielding plays, so that may not be as big of an issue as one would think. He will consult with a hand specialist in Miami on Friday, but it sounds like there's no medical reason he can't continue pitching, which would set him up to be the Yankees' closer until Aroldis Chapman has served his 30-game suspension.