Endy Rodríguez felt the sensation in his fingers.
"Everything I hear about that," the Pirates' top prospect was telling me, "it's nothing good."
Playing on the road in Memphis, Rodríguez misfired on a caught stealing attempt throwing the ball into center field. His elbow didn't feel right and he was removed for the game. There were some immediate concerns that the injury could be serious, and Rodríguez would eventually be brought into Pittsburgh for an examination.
But the next morning, Rodríguez's fingers felt normal. There was some soreness in the elbow for a bit, but it would wind up being just a minor injury, and he returned to the lineup the next week.