The St. Louis Cardinals call up top prospect Shelby Miller for a part in their September stretch run.
Sep 3, 2012 - Despite a slow start nearly got him Colby Rasmus'd, Shelby Miller, the St. Louis Cardinals' top pitching prospect, will be called up as part of their September roster expansion, according to a report from Joe Strauss of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Miller, for a few years now counted among the top prospects in baseball, will begin his big league career as a long reliever in hopes of competing for a rotation spot in 2013.
It's been a wild year for Miller, whose stock as a prospect had probably fallen to an all-time low midway through his age-21 season, as the Pacific Coast League seemed to homer off him at will. The home runs are still a problem, but the second half of the season has seen Miller's other peripherals spike--in 10 starts since the All-Star Break, he's struck out 70, well over a strikeout an inning, and walked just seven.
It's been a strange trip, but if it ends with the promise of an open competition for a spot in the rotation come next year's Spring Training, Shelby Miller will end up exactly where we thought he would going into this year. But all that starts right now.
Do you like this post?
No comments:
Post a Comment