GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) -Adam Miller, who came to spring training seeking a spot in the Cleveland Indians’ bullpen, will have his right middle finger examined by a doctor on Monday.
It’s another setback for Miller, whose development has been delayed by one injury after another. Despite an overpowering fastball when healthy, Cleveland’s first-round draft pick in 2003 has never pitched in the majors.
“There’s no pain, no swelling, but I can’t bend the tip of the finger and it just doesn’t feel normal,” said Miller, who was supposed to play catch Sunday but rested instead.
The right-hander had missed 10 days of throwing with soreness in the finger before playing catch from 75 feet on Friday.
“Everything was OK then, until I felt just a little something on my last toss,” Miller said. “So I’m going to see a physician in Scottsdale and then my surgeon from Baltimore will be here Tuesday.”
Dr. Tom Graham operated on Miller’s finger on May 27 and was scheduled to come out to Indians camp anyway.
`It feels like the same thing I had in 2007, but not to the same extent.”
Miller, whose fastball has reached 100 mph on the radar gun, missed much of the 2005 season with a strained elbow, but came back the next year to go 15-6 with a 2.75 ERA at Double-A Akron at age 21.
He was limited to 65 innings in 2007 with the strained ligament in his middle finger, a condition that resurfaced after only 28 2-3 innings at Triple-A a year ago.
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