Bobby Miller (baseball)

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Bobby Miller
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Miller with the Great Lakes Loons in 2021
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitcher
Born: (1999-04-05) April 5, 1999 (age 22)
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Bats: Left
Throws: Right

Robert Anthony Miller (born April 5, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. He played college baseball for the Louisville Cardinals. He was selected 29th overall by the Dodgers in the 2020 MLB draft.

Amateur career[]

Miller attended McHenry West High School in McHenry, Illinois, where he played baseball.[1] In 2016, his junior season, he went 5–2 with a 1.98 ERA and 76 strikeouts over 55 innings.[2] After his senior year in 2017, he was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 38th round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at the University of Louisville where he played college baseball.[3]

As a freshman at Louisville in 2018, Miller went 6–1 with a 2.97 ERA over 17 games (nine starts), earning Freshman All-American honors and spots on the American Athletic Conference Third Team and All-Freshman Team.[4] After the 2018 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[5] In 2019, his sophomore year at Louisville, he pitched to a 7–1 record with a 3.83 ERA over twenty games (12 starts) and eighty innings.[6][7] That summer, he spent time playing for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.[8] As a junior in 2020, he went 2–0 with a 2.31 ERA over four starts, striking out 34 over 23+1⁄3 innings before the college baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

Professional career[]

Miller was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the 29th overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft.[10] He signed with the Dodgers for a $2.2 million signing bonus.[11] He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the pandemic. [12]

Miller made his professional debut as the starting pitcher on Opening Day in 2021 for the Great Lakes Loons of the High-A Central, striking out five batters over three innings while allowing only two singles and a walk.[13] On July 24, Miller pitched five innings of a combined no-hitter against the Lake County Captains alongside Clayton Beeter, Jake Cantleberry, and Cameron Gibbens.[14] Miller appeared in 14 games for the Loons, compiling a 2–2 record and 3.06 ERA while striking out 56 over 46 innings.[15] On September 8, he was promoted to the Tulsa Drillers of the Double-A Central,[16] and pitched 9+1⁄3 innings for them to end the season.[15] He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Glendale Desert Dogs after the season where he was named to the Fall Stars Game.[17][18]

References[]

  1. ^ "'17 Draft: Bobby Miller | 06/11/2017". MLB.com.
  2. ^ "High school baseball: McHenry's Bobby Miller focusing on final high school season, not MLB dreams". www.nwherald.com.
  3. ^ HAMMONDEmailFollow, SEAN. "High school baseball: Baltimore Orioles select McHenry's Bobby Miller in 38th round of MLB Draft". www.nwherald.com.
  4. ^ "Louisville's Bobby Miller garners All-American accolades". Cardinal Authority.
  5. ^ "Bobby Miller". pointstreak.com. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  6. ^ "Bobby Miller strengthens Louisville pitching staff". SI.com.
  7. ^ STEVENSONEmailFollow, J. O. E. "College baseball: McHenry grad Miller becomes a force for Louisville". www.nwherald.com.
  8. ^ Robinson, Cameron Teague. "Louisville baseball's Dan McDonnell is taking the USA Collegiate National Team worldwide". USA TODAY.
  9. ^ Collazo, Carlos. "2020 MLB Draft: 10 Prospects Who Improved Their Stock Before Play Stoppage". www.baseballamerica.com.
  10. ^ "Dodgers select pitcher Bobby Miller with 29th pick in draft". Los Angeles Times. June 11, 2020.
  11. ^ Castillo, Jorge (June 19, 2020). "Dodgers sign first-round draft pick Bobby Miller". La Times. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  12. ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball Season Cancelled". MiLB.com.
  13. ^ Stephen, Eric (May 5, 2021). "Dodgers 2020 draft picks shine on minor league opening day". SB Nation. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  14. ^ "Great Lakes Loons celebrate first no-hitter in franchise history". mlive. July 24, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Bobby Miller Amateur, College & Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball Reference.
  16. ^ Walton, Ryan (September 9, 2021). "Dodgers promote Bobby Miller to Double-A Tulsa". SB Nation. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  17. ^ Harris, Blake (October 6, 2021). "Bobby Miller highlights Dodgers prospects in Arizona Fall League". SB Nation. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  18. ^ "Check out the Fall Stars Game rosters". MLB.com.

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