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Poor guy can't catch a break. He had a great game going when it happened. 4IP 1H 0ER 0BB 8K. He's starting in Myrtle beach. Article says the injury only gonna cost him 2 weeks.
Baseball: Cordier slowed in minors by finger injury
Atlanta Braves prospect Erik Cordier is dealing with a finger injury and will have to wait a little longer before he receives a minor league assignment.
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Cordier, a 23-year-old righthanded pitcher from Door County, fractured the tip of his ring finger on his throwing hand during an exhibition game March 28.
"I was in my last inning, and a batter turned on my fastball, barreled it up and hit it right back at me," Cordier said. "The radar gun picked my fastball up at 94 (miles per hour) and it came back to me at 102. He hit it very hard and I had no reaction time at all."
Cordier is currently rehabbing the injury at the Braves' spring training facility in Orlando, Fla., and will remain there until the finger is healed. Cordier expects to return sometime in the next two weeks.
"I've been rehabbing like crazy, so I can get back as soon as possible," he said. "I just have to let the swelling go down and take care of it. It won't be too long before I get everything cranked up again."
The broken finger is another setback for Cordier, who has battled injuries throughout his professional baseball career. Drafted straight out of Southern Door High School in 2004 by the Kansas City Royals, Cordier missed the 2005 season recovering from a knee injury and the 2007 season with an elbow injury that required Tommy John reconstructive surgery.
Baseball: Cordier slowed in minors by finger injury
Atlanta Braves prospect Erik Cordier is dealing with a finger injury and will have to wait a little longer before he receives a minor league assignment.
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Cordier, a 23-year-old righthanded pitcher from Door County, fractured the tip of his ring finger on his throwing hand during an exhibition game March 28.
"I was in my last inning, and a batter turned on my fastball, barreled it up and hit it right back at me," Cordier said. "The radar gun picked my fastball up at 94 (miles per hour) and it came back to me at 102. He hit it very hard and I had no reaction time at all."
Cordier is currently rehabbing the injury at the Braves' spring training facility in Orlando, Fla., and will remain there until the finger is healed. Cordier expects to return sometime in the next two weeks.
"I've been rehabbing like crazy, so I can get back as soon as possible," he said. "I just have to let the swelling go down and take care of it. It won't be too long before I get everything cranked up again."
The broken finger is another setback for Cordier, who has battled injuries throughout his professional baseball career. Drafted straight out of Southern Door High School in 2004 by the Kansas City Royals, Cordier missed the 2005 season recovering from a knee injury and the 2007 season with an elbow injury that required Tommy John reconstructive surgery.
