GLENDALE, Ariz. — Bobby Miller is in concussion protocol after being struck on the pinnacle by a line drive within the third inning of Thursday’s recreation in opposition to the Cubs, Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned.
Miller’s eleventh and ultimate pitch of his outing was hit again at him at 105.5 mph off the bat of Cubs first baseman Michael Busch. Miller threw up his arms because the ball flew at him, and his hat was knocked off his head as he fell to the bottom. A purple welt was seen on the appropriate entrance facet of his head as he exited the sport.
“It squared him up fairly good,” Roberts mentioned after the Dodgers’ 12-4 loss to the Cubs within the Cactus League opener. “It was sort of the entrance facet of the pinnacle, and you’ll simply see the space that it traveled as soon as it hit. So there was some deflection, nevertheless it hit him fairly flush.”
Miller was nonetheless present process testing whereas the Dodgers’ clubhouse was open to the media.
Though Miller was on his knees briefly when a Dodgers coach got here out to examine on him, he was capable of stroll off the sphere below his personal energy. That, in addition to his demeanor throughout the coach go to, reassured third baseman Max Muncy that the harm won’t be too severe.
“It is all the time very terrifying and scary,” Muncy mentioned. “Fortunately, he looks like he was OK. When the coach got here out, requested him if he knew the place he was, he made a bit of joke about hanging a curveball. Proper then, you sort of knew he was advantageous.”
The Dodgers will monitor Miller for the subsequent couple of days earlier than determining how his return to baseball actions will look. The 25-year-old right-hander has impressed Roberts early in camp together with his mindset as he seems to be to place a disappointing 2024 marketing campaign behind him, and he is within the combine for the final spot within the Dodgers’ rotation.
“I feel he’s going to regroup, lay low and get his wits about him, and ensure he’s OK,” Roberts mentioned. “After that, Lord keen he’s advantageous, then I feel we’ll have the dialog, as a result of … he’s going to need to get again on the market.”
