I have always found the starter-into-closer pipeline to be demoralizing. Per baseball truisms, even the best reliever would be a starter if they were only, by certain definitions, better. Moving a starter to the pipeline is so often the last-ditch move of teams that do not know how to develop their pitchers. I hope Roki…
  • robocall@lemmy.worldOP
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    4 months ago

    I watched Miller during World Baseball Classic playing for team USA. He was a very impressive pitcher and he won me as a fan. I hope his success only continues. It would be amazing if he could be a San Francisco Giant (my team) but honestly, he is good enough to be in the biggest markets, and on the winning teams.