Another name has gone off the Phillies wish list.
According to The Athletic‘s Ken Rosenthal, the St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a two-year, $25 million deal with reliever Andrew Miller. The deal comes with a vesting option worth $12 million has also carries a no-trade clause.
While Miller was coming off a down year in which he pitched to a 4.24 ERA, from 2013 to 2017 the two-time All-Star posted a 1.82 ERA, 469 strikeouts, and a 14.5 SO/9. Miller also closed with the Yankees in 2015 and 2016.
It’s yet another missed opportunity for the Phillies in an offseason that was expected to see Philadelphia spend “stupid money,” as owner John Middleton put it in an interview with USA Today’s Bob Nightengale.