Filing this under the “It’s not what you want” category, Erik Miller, the sole lefty in the bullpen for the San Francisco Giants, has been placed on the 15-day IL with a “left elbow sprain.” As Susan Slusser reports in the San Francisco Chronicle, this can “often [be] the precursor to a UCL tear or can indicate existing ligament damage.” Yikes!
Bob Melvin is hopeful that the team “caught [it] at the right time,” which on the one hand sounds like wishcasting and on the other would seem to be grounded in a combination of his experience managing pitcher injuries and the MRI which showed no structural damage.