The Diamondbacks send Shelby Miller to the disabled list:
Miller is likely being placed with the finger issue that popped up in his start in San Diego. Miller scraped the mound with his bare knuckles during the 2nd inning of that start and lasted only one batter further before getting pulled. Chip Hale was quoted as recently as yesterday that the finger is still bothering Miller. My only question is why they let Miller go another month if the finger was still bothering him, but that’s a better discussion for the comments section of this page than the article itself.
I suspect they needed to get him off the mound and really find out what is wrong with him, and the finger gives Arizona a legitimate reason for a trip to the DL. Miller is the kind of pitcher who might very well be worse than his career numbers indicate. Until this season, his FIP was always higher than his ERA. I could see him changing to a team where the defense is not as good and posting a four ERA. Pitching this poorly, however, indicates something else is wrong. Maybe if it is just the finger, some time off might help.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/1X1lhZQ
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