Post by Fish Troll on Apr 8, 2008 13:05:23 GMT -5
“You get chances you wouldn’t normally.”
He has done little to prove that he is ready to pitch above Double A. His 13 starts for Detroit last summer -- 39 walks and a 5.63 ERA in 64 innings -- were unimpressive. His delivery, even he would admit, is a major work in progress. Yet the moment he got the call that he had been acquired by the Marlins in the eight-player trade that sent All-Star third baseman Miguel Cabrera and lefthanded ace Dontrelle Willis to the Tigers, 22-year-old Andrew Miller knew he had just become a key part of a major league rotation.
"I don't know that I deserve it," says the baby-faced lefthander, "but the reality is, [with Florida] you get chances you wouldn't normally."
He has done little to prove that he is ready to pitch above Double A. His 13 starts for Detroit last summer -- 39 walks and a 5.63 ERA in 64 innings -- were unimpressive. His delivery, even he would admit, is a major work in progress. Yet the moment he got the call that he had been acquired by the Marlins in the eight-player trade that sent All-Star third baseman Miguel Cabrera and lefthanded ace Dontrelle Willis to the Tigers, 22-year-old Andrew Miller knew he had just become a key part of a major league rotation.
"I don't know that I deserve it," says the baby-faced lefthander, "but the reality is, [with Florida] you get chances you wouldn't normally."
sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/specials/spring_training/2008/previews/marlins.html
I think we been robbed, I heard his control was actually decreasing since he left college, an ingrediant of a bust prospect: deproving. I see him as a career low 4.00 ERA pitcher, will have at least one season in the 3.00's ERA in his prime year. He's a career #2 pitcher in my opinion, will figure it out someday, but Millar time is around the year 2012, about the same time when ESPN are following Cabrera reaching milestones before the age of 30.
