Wade Miller

[PrimeTime]

The guy is obviously Far,far away from pitching in the majors...Heres his line from tonight AAA game...

5 IP, 5 ER, 11 H, 2 BB, 2 K, 87 pitches (54 strikes),

Anyone know what his velocity was like??? Put this guy in a major league game and im sure he'd give up twice as many runs...

[Soriano12]

I love how no other team in the offseason would touch this guy..yet Hendry

was all over him like flies on stank.

They even said he would be ready by June.

What a joke.

[C.C.]

I love how no other team in the offseason would touch this guy..yet Hendry

was all over him like flies on stank.

They even said he would be ready by June.

What a joke.

 

It was worth a stab at it. It was a fair gamble to take and no other team wanted Dempster also and that worked out...

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I love how no other team in the offseason would touch this guy..yet Hendry

was all over him like flies on stank.

They even said he would be ready by June.

What a joke.

 

Several other teams were interested in him, and we didn't sign him until late January (that's hardly being all over him). He was expected to be ready in May, and I see nothing wrong with taking the gamble.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2303134

[Guest]

The situation reminds me of another pitcher who was having injury problems back in 2002 and tried to rehab the injury instead of having surgery. He wasn't successful and had surgery after the season. Another team signed him as a FA and was hoping he'd make an impact in 2003. Well...it didn't turn out that way as he spent the entire season in the minors and only ended up pitching 18+ very unsuccessful innings.

 

However, come 2004 and another year further from the surgery things were very, very different. Then in 2005, he won the Cy Young. Meet Chris Carpenter.

[otis89]

Nevermind. I misread a post.

[don_kessinger_was_good]

The situation reminds me of another pitcher who was having injury problems back in 2002 and tried to rehab the injury instead of having surgery. He wasn't successful and had surgery after the season. Another team signed him as a FA and was hoping he'd make an impact in 2003. Well...it didn't turn out that way as he spent the entire season in the minors and only ended up pitching 18+ very unsuccessful innings.

 

However, come 2004 and another year further from the surgery things were very, very different. Then in 2005, he won the Cy Young. Meet Chris Carpenter.

 

So you're saying Wade Miller is the next Chris Carpenter. Sweet.

[Guest]

The situation reminds me of another pitcher who was having injury problems back in 2002 and tried to rehab the injury instead of having surgery. He wasn't successful and had surgery after the season. Another team signed him as a FA and was hoping he'd make an impact in 2003. Well...it didn't turn out that way as he spent the entire season in the minors and only ended up pitching 18+ very unsuccessful innings.

 

However, come 2004 and another year further from the surgery things were very, very different. Then in 2005, he won the Cy Young. Meet Chris Carpenter.

 

So you're saying Wade Miller is the next Chris Carpenter. Sweet.

Well, I hope so. I'm not counting on it, though. I'm just saying that looking at his performance this year isn't necessarily indicative of his future.

 

Of course, I think the same thing about Kerry. Call me an optimist.

[Soriano12]

I love how no other team in the offseason would touch this guy..yet Hendry

was all over him like flies on stank.

They even said he would be ready by June.

What a joke.

 

Several other teams were interested in him, and we didn't sign him until late January (that's hardly being all over him). He was expected to be ready in May, and I see nothing wrong with taking the gamble.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2303134

 

My issue is this. Hendry had visions of Miller returning in June as his 4th starter. So he had no problem banking on Jerome Williams(based on a fluke decent months in 05) holding the spot down until then.

 

That combined with the 6 million + he wasted on Rush and Perez..why not pursue a veteran like Kenny Rogers or Millwood?

[goonys evil twin]

My issue is this. Hendry had visions of Miller returning in June as his 4th starter. So he had no problem banking on Jerome Williams(based on a fluke decent months in 05) holding the spot down until then.

 

Williams had a career ERA+ of 110 coming into this season, including a 130 as a 21 year old rookie. I have not been a Williams fan, but he at stood a good chance of being a decent starter. Although I'm not even sure that was the guy Hendry was even banking on. They seemed to have a problem with his motivation going back to last season. I think Hendry was banking on kids plugging the holes. But his big problem was hoping Wood would be okay, and not factoring in any insurance for Prior going down. There's nothing wrong with taking a risk like the one they took on Miller.

 

But if you are going to take risks on your rotation, you better have some sure things in the lineup. Likewise, if you are going to take risks with the lineup, you better have sure things pitching. Hendry chose not to have a solid lineup nor a solid rotation.