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The Indians said Saturday that pitching prospect Adam Miller will likely have finger surgery on the injured middle finger of his pitching hand. He had been attempting to pitch through the injury, but he's unable to bend the tip of his finger and can't play catch without pain, so surgery seems like the only course of action. The surgery Miller needs is a serious one for a baseball player. The pulley system in the injured finger needs to be completely rebuilt and as there's a good chance that scar tissue, which limits the motion and strength of the finger will develop. This is the second time Miller is having surgery on the finger. It will certainly end his 2009 season and it puts his whole career in jeopardy.
It's strange to see the phrase "career-threatening injury" in any context in 2009. With the medical advances we've made in the past 30 years, it's more than just possible to come back from serious knee, shoulder, and elbow injuries; sometimes it almost seems normal. The problem with Miller's injury is that there's just not a whole lot of room in the finger itself to fix a problem like this and so any scar tissue that results from the surgery could be devastating.
Before all of Miller's finger problems, he was one of the more promising prospects in the Indians' system. They had hoped that by this point, he'd be a fixture in their rotation. Now the most they can do is hope for the best from this surgery.
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