A’s calling up lights-out righty prospect Miller (source)
OAKLAND – Mason Miller put himself on the massive league radar with a formidable displaying in Spring Training. After dominating by the primary couple of weeks of the Minor League season, his electrical arm grew to become an excessive amount of for the A’s to disregard.
Miller, Oakland’s No. 3 prospect, is predicted to be known as up in time to start out Wednesday’s sequence finale towards the Cubs, a supply advised MLB.com on Tuesday. The third-round choice by the A’s within the 2021 MLB Draft will attain the Majors after simply 11 video games of Minor League expertise. The staff has not confirmed the call-up.
Injuries have restricted Miller’s alternative to pitch within the Minors. But the A’s had seen sufficient of their analysis of the 6-foot-5 right-hander to make it clear {that a} huge league promotion was potential sooner or later this season. Making his 2023 Triple-A debut on Friday evening, Miller’s dazzling efficiency of 11 strikeouts and no walks over 5 hitless innings sealed the deal.
The fastball is a transparent standout pitch in Miller’s arsenal. During that Friday outing for Las Vegas, he incessantly hit triple digits, with 23 of his 65 pitches registering 100+ mph. Of these 23, solely eight went for balls, displaying that he’s a flamethrower that additionally comes with supreme command.
Miller has additionally built-in a cutter into his repertoire, which made headlines throughout a Cactus League outing this spring when he left Mariners outfielder Sam Haggerty in disbelief after falling to at least one knee on an off-balance swing and miss. Miller threw that cutter 12 instances on Friday evening and maxed out at 98 mph.
For a struggling A’s beginning rotation that entered Tuesday with a Major League-worst 9.39 ERA as a workers and tied for third-most walks (40), Miller brings pleasure as a possible ace of the longer term. Including his 19 strikeouts and no walks in 8 2/3 innings this season, Miller brings a 2.83 ERA with 53 strikeouts and 6 walks in 28 2/3 innings over his Minor League profession.
