Shelby Miller is a name known to many Pittsburgh Pirates fans. After seeing the young pitcher, win 25 games over two full seasons with the Cardinals, many would be content never to hear his name again. In their eyes, he deserved the banishment to the baseball purgatory known as the Atlanta Braves.
Now, with the Braves in full-on teardown mode, Miller is attracting considerable trade heat. Why wouldn’t he, what with A 3.6 WAR season in 2015 despite taking 17 losses on a bad Braves team.
The chief architects of that WAR rating could be his 47.