Baseball America credits Miller with the finest control of any pitching prospect in the Cubs system, labeling him as a prospective back-end starter. He ranks 14th in the system per BA and 25th over at MLB.com. Improvements to his changeup and an added curveball helped to drive his success at Double-An in 2015, per BA.
The Cubs are calling up righty Tyson Miller to make his Major League launching, manager David Ross revealed to press reporters today (Twitter link by means of Gordon Wittenmyer of NBC Sports Chicago). Miller, 25, was Chicagos fourth-round choice back in 2016 and has actually been thought about to be amongst the much better prospects in a thin Cubs system for the previous couple seasons. Todays getaway figures to be an area start for Miller, who is serving as the Cubs 29th male.
Miller, 25, was Chicagos fourth-round pick back in 2016 and has been thought about to be among the better prospects in a thin Cubs system for the past couple seasons. He breezed through Double-A in 2019, pitching to a 2.56 ERA with 80 strikeouts versus simply 16 strolls in 88 innings before being promoted to Triple-A. Things didnt work out in the Pacific Coast League for Miller– thats real for many pitchers– as he was ambushed for a 7.58 ERA in 48 2/3 frames. Miller was blown up for 13 long balls because short time after giving up simply 6 in his 88 Double-A innings. Some of that is undoubtedly attributable to much better opponents, but the Triple-A leagues utilized the exact same ball that produced MLBs crowning achievement boom last season. (The lower minors levels did not.).
Todays getaway figures to be an area start for Miller, who is functioning as the Cubs 29th male. Hell be returned to the alternate website following the outing. This will also serve as Millers first audition for a longer-term appearance with the group. Each of Jon Lester, Jose Quintana and Tyler Chatwood will see the ensured portion of their agreements conclude at seasons end– Lester has a 2021 option– so there might be opportunity for Miller and other young arms in the near future.
The Cubs are calling up righty Tyson Miller to make his Major League debut, supervisor David Ross revealed to reporters today (Twitter link via Gordon Wittenmyer of NBC Sports Chicago). Thankfully, Alzolay left with simply a swelling, but hes not yet prepared to take the hill for the Cubs.
