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- Updated: April 22, 2016
PHOENIX — The D-backs have not ruled out skipping Shelby Miller’s next turn in the rotation to give the starter extra time to work on the mechanical issues that have plagued him this season.
Miller is tentatively scheduled to pitch Tuesday against the Cardinals, the team that drafted him in the first round out of Brownwood (Texas) High School in 2009 and developed him. Miller pitched in the big leagues for Cardinals for three seasons, starting in 2012, before he was traded to the Braves after the 2014 season.
“As of right now, we are not planning on him skipping the start,” D-backs manager Chip Hale said. “Can that change? It always can. If that’s what [pitching coach Mike Butcher] and everybody thinks. But as of right now, he’s feeling good. He’s healthy. His arm is fine and his hand is fine, so he should be OK.”
In Thursday’s 6-2 win over the Giants, Miller lost command of his pitches and walked the first four batters of the third inning and was removed …
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