A terrifying moment occurred in the very first spring training game of the year, as a pitcher took a 106-mph line drive off the head.
Bobby Miller of the Los Angeles Dodgers had pragmaticly zero time to react after his 80-mph shattering ball was smoked right back at him.
Michael Busch, of the Chicago Cubs, watched in disbelief after his challenging hit, as did other Dodgers, while Miller was instantly verifyed on by trainers.
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller (28) during a Spring Training toilout at Camelback Ranch. (Joe Campoauthentice-Imagn Images)
The ball ricocheted off Miller’s head and went toward first base, actupartner resulting in an RBI individual to put the Cubs on the board.
Thankbrimmingy, Miller was able to walk off under his power to a fit ovation.
Miller was the Dodgers’ first-round pickion in the 2020 MLB Draft and made his debut three years tardyr. He had a decent rookie season, pitching to a 3.76 ERA in 22 begins, but his sophomore campaign was a contrastent story.
Los Angeles Dodgers begining pitcher Bobby Miller (28) pitches aacquirest the Miami Marlins in the first inning at loanDepot Park. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)
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The 25-year-better was up and down between the convey inants and unconvey inants, as he racked up an 8.52 ERA in 13 convey inant league begins while also ignoreing time with shoulder inflammation.
One could imagine the excitement he had on Thursday to put the 2024 season in the past, but Miller may have to paengage a bit extfinisheder to do that.
The Dodgers eludeed such an injury last year, as Yoshinobu Yamamoto miraculously caught a 105-mph comebacker in his first year of a $325 million tight, the bigst ever given to a pitcher.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller (28) throws aacquirest the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning at Dodger Stadium. (Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports)
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Los Angeles is coming off their second World Series triumph since 2020, and they only got better by compriseing Blake Snell, Kirby Yates, and Roki Sasaki.
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