Andrew Miller's meeting with a hand specialist Friday yielded encouraging results, as he should be able to pitch through the injury, the YES Network's Jack Curry reports.
Miller's meeting with a hand specialist Friday yielded encouraging results, as he should be able to pitch through the injury, the YES Network's Jack Curry reports.
Analysis:
His pain tolerance will dictate what he can do, but the fracture will heal naturally, and the pisiform bone that Miller broke is nonessential. The injury, which occurred to his glove hand, could affect his ability to field, but he only participated in five fielding plays in 61.2 innings last season, so it's a somewhat minor concern. This situation could remain fluid, but all indications are that Miller will serve as the Yankees' closer while Aroldis Chapman serves a 30-game suspension, so his owners appear to have dodged a bullet.
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