Erik Miller has thrown just 264 pitches in his major league career but that’s enough of a sample to pass the eye test. The San Francisco Giants might have a dude. A 6-5 lefty with only 159.1 professional innings coming into his age-26 season averaging 96 mph with a four-seamer and an eye-popping 2,694 rpm slider? That’s value.
He also has a changeup he’s thrown just 94 times but has already popped up near the top of the MLB Statcast leaderboard for effectiveness, coming in 14th in MLB among both starters and relievers, with +3 Run Value (read about Run Value here).