Andrew Miller to the DL
by craig on Jul 18, 2008 9:19 AM EDT
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PrintAs HadMatter reported yesterday in the comments, Andrew Miller is DL bound.
As the Marlins open the second half the season tonight against Philadelphia, they'll be down yet another starting pitcher. Left-hander Andrew Miller, who was scheduled to start Sunday, will be placed on the 15-day disabled list with right knee tendinitis. Right-handers Josh Johnson and Chris Volstad each were moved up a day in the rotation, Johnson to Sunday and Volstad to Monday.
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They'll call up a pitcher today but they don't know who will start yet when the fifth spot comes up Tuesday against the Braves.
I guess they could go with Tucker or Hendrickson or Waecther or call up a starter to take the slot. We will find out. Personally, I hope that Waecther isn't called upon given how well he normally does out of the pen. If I had to make a choice of the three, I would go with Tucker and see if he can go four innings plus.
Miller has a history of right knee tendinitis and he claims it doesn't bother his pitching. And that is something I find hard to believe. When pitching the landing leg is very important, especially if one is planning on throwing with a lot of velocity. (Once again, the term "velocity" is misused in the prior sentence, especially in Miller's case.) Maybe Miller will get the chance to work on his mechanics in his minor league rehab starts. It couldn't hurt.
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Interesting note...
Popular Science did a feature on sports this week, and it said that the force a pitcher exerts on his landing leg is something like 2 1/2 times his body weight.
So now imagine the knee of that landing leg is painful or gimpy. Yeah, it doesn’t bother his pitching at all.
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Nothing against Andrew…I hope he works thru his ailment and wish him the best personally…
But-
This is the best news since the ASG ended in the 15th and the loss was not directly attributable to Danny’s inexplicable breakdown (I know…he could have given the NL the lead in the 8th with the runner at 3rd and 1 out, but…)
His outing in LA was disastrous-as have the previous several outings also been. No control in early innings, then relaxes and settles in…too late. (Dontrelle syndrome.)
Of course, it did not help that Fredi sat there, Buddha-like, and watched as Miller gave up 7 runs before sending Wiley out to the mound. Talk about burying your team…
Tommy was duly incensed-as much as an employee of the organization can be. “When is this lesson going to be over?” he wailed. “You can’t bury your team so early!” With a bullpen rested from good performances out of Volstad and JJ and Nolasco, and the ASG break coming up, Fredi could have pulled the plug in the first inning-but didn’t.
The Marlins didn’t score-only 1 run-but the psychological effect of not only being clobbered but watching your mgr write off the game is incalculable.
by LaHabanayAlmendares on Jul 18, 2008 1:59 PM EDT reply actions
What made it evn more frustrating was the soft-pedal justification that the road trip ended on a positive note overall at 6-5…
Yeah, but the team had a chance to go for a sweep in LA.
And the first two losses of the trip were heartbreaking bullpen giveaways.
The trip SHOULD have been 8-3…or COULD have been (given that you can’t assume the wins after those blown games)...BUT the point is: the team had no reason to be complascent…those 2 hearbreakers in Denver at the start of the trip—along with the 4 heartbreakers in that previous road trip, along with the sweep in Cincy, give a pass to the struggling Phils and allowed the downtrodden Mets to get their act together, make up lost time and sneak back into contention far too easily…
by LaHabanayAlmendares on Jul 19, 2008 2:23 PM EDT reply actions
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