For the second straight start, the hard-throwing rookie is rocked in the middle innings … so how does he respond?
The last two Saturdays, however, reality has smacked him in the face, the same moment that all rookies experience sooner or later. The message:A week ago he gave up seven runs to the Giants, all earned, in 5-2/3 innings in what turned out to be a 15-0 bludgeoning by San Francisco.
When his fastball – listed by Statcast as a sinker – is right, it hits triple-digits. Miller threw sinkers on 10 of his first 12 pitches and 46 of his 80 pitches, and 20 of them topped 100 mph with 12 others in the 99 range. But in the fifth, all five hits came on fastballs. Miller said after Saturday’s game he felt he relied on the heater “a little bit too much” his last two starts.
“Overall, he attacked. They came out pretty aggressive with some soft contact for hits. Obviously the Bregman homer hurts. Maybe we could’ve gone slider; you overthink it.”
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