Yankees closer Andrew Miller vows to pitch despite fractured right wrist
New York Yankees lefty reliever Andrew Miller is determined to pitch with a chip fracture in his right wrist.
"It's my right hand; I don't really need it," Miller told reporters, according to MLB.com. "I don't see any reason I can't work around it, unless for some reason the doctor tells me I have to protect it for some reason that we don't foresee. I plan to be able to manipulate my glove around it and not really worry about it."
Miller suffered the injury when he was hit by a line drive Wednesday. Afterward, an X-ray and CT scan revealed the fracture.
He will visit a hand specialist but joked that he doesn't expect to heed any advice that requires him to miss the start of the season. "I'd probably find another doctor. I can't imagine not playing because of something on my right hand."
With Aroldis Chapman suspended for the first 30 games of the season because of an alleged domestic violence incident during this past offseason, Miller is expected to open the season as the Yankees' closer.
In his first season with New York in 2015, Miller saved 36 games with a 2.04 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 60 appearances (61 2/3 innings).
