The past few weeks haven't exactly been kind to Bryce Miller. At the start of spring training, the news from Peoria was exciting and it seemed like he was working on adding a new pitch in addition to building back up to a starter's workload. Unfortunately, just as he was seemingly starting to hit his stride, he was temporarily shut down due to an oblique injury.
A particularly optimistic fan might point out that this is a less intimidating issue than the elbow inflammation that limited him to just 90 innings last year, but it's still going to negatively affect his ability to ramp up this spring.