Andrew Miller's second rehab start

by craig on May 12, 2009 3:38 PM EDT in News and Rumors

Andrew Miller pitched pretty well in his rehab start in Double-A.

Andrew Miller, in his second rehab assignment outing, worked six innings on Monday night for Double-A Jacksonville.

The left-hander, who is on the DL with a right oblique strain, gave up one run on five hits with two walks and five strikeouts in six innings pitched against Mississippi.

Miller exited after 83 pitches, with 48 for strikes.

Two walks in six innings in a league that is known for swinging at anything is a little bit of a concern, but surely, he is still working out the kinks. At least I hope he is working out the kinks.

Miller will rejoin the team on Saturday, at which point, someone goes down. I have given up on guessing who that will be, since I'm normally wrong, but theoretically it should be a position player.

Guesses?

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Bonifacio.

PLEEEEAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEE

by jrsyeagle on May 12, 2009 3:58 PM EDT reply actions

seconded

Bonerface.

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by dan 2.0 on May 12, 2009 4:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Maybe they designate Penn for assignment?

Obviously Koronka if he stinks up the joint. I don’t think they’ll send Boni down. Besides the club’s infatuation with him, isn’t there a lack of other potential leadoff hitters on the club? I don’t see them returning Hanley to leadoff; now that he’s entrenched at third and doing well, he’s going to stay there. That was an inevitability anyway.

by Fishcrazy on May 12, 2009 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

correct me if I'm wrong

But hasn’t Couglan spent some time batting lead-off in the minors? It’s another option I guess.

by The Architect on May 12, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions

need pitchers

Miller and Anibal went down, but only one pitcher came up (Coghlan took the other spot); so if a pitcher goes down when Miller comes back, they’ll still be a starter short.

PS: why does no one accept that Hermida’s “disappointing” development has still led to a fantastic leadoff hitter? One of the best OBPs on the team belongs to a guy who has an unimpressive ISO… you couldn’t create a better profile for an NL leadoff hitter.

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by dan 2.0 on May 12, 2009 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Today's lineup

3B – Bonifacio
LF – Hermida
SS – Ramirez
1B – Cantu
2B – Uggla
C – Paulino
CF – Ross
RF – Carroll
P – Koronka

Outside of replacing Coghlan with Bonifacio, that’s a pleasing lineup when Paulino starts.

by dgriot on May 12, 2009 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions

Because he possesses neither speed nor defense?

it’s not a bad idea, though. Either leadoff or at the 2-spot.

by Fishcrazy on May 12, 2009 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Hermida's a decent leadoff option

Assuming they’re willing to give up some speed for a lot of walks. Which is what you’d like at the top of the order. Or Coghlan, for that matter. He’d be in the potential higher OBP/avg. baserunner role.

by dgriot on May 12, 2009 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't really understand the hatred of Penn

I didn’t like the move to acquire, I’ll be the first to admit that, but aside from 3 rough outtings, really only one being terrible and one being where he got hurt, he has pitched well, making it a misleading ERA. In 6 of his 9 appearances he hasn’t given up a run, over 10 innings, striking out 10 also. In the other 3, against phillie, cinci, and chi, he gave up 11 over 3.1… but again… 6 were in 1 outting, 1 he got hurt in. You can expect that relievers will have a bad day now and again, but he’s surpassed my expectations.

by jrsyeagle on May 12, 2009 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions