Is Andrew Miller a must sign. I believe so. He can get both righties and lefties out and has filthy

stuff and can pitch in back-to-back-to-back games.

Depends on the price. If it gets into the 3/30 range, I'd be shocked.

Grant Balfour told me a secret awhile back; I probably shouldn't divulge it, but I will anyway-

Relief pitching is VERY fickle, and giving big money to bullpen guys is VERY risky.

Also seems to depend a lot on Buck & DD agreeing. He'd be a great addition for a complete season.

In post game interview, Miller said he loved it here and he wouldn't rule out a return. I'm not counting on keeping him but our bullpen is going to miss him greatly.

O's will not come close to spending what it will take to sign Miller. Britton, O'Day and Hunter will be a tough back end of the pen next year. Wallace has helped Hunter a lot.

Tough to let a shutdown guy like Miller go. Hunter, O'Day are nowhere near as dominant.

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stuff and can pitch in back-to-back-to-back games.

Andrew Miller has been one of the biggest Hot/Cold pitchers of the last decade. We just got a few months of awesome Hot Miller, but if he was this consistent we'd never have gotten him in a trade. No one in baseball doubts his ability, he's always been highly touted with a super high upside but counting on him has been the fall of many teams before this.

Grant Balfour told me a secret awhile back; I probably shouldn't divulge it, but I will anyway-

Relief pitching is VERY fickle, and giving big money to bullpen guys is VERY risky.

This pretty much sums up my feelings.

I would make Miller our new closer and use Britton as a setup man. Pay Miller $9 or $10 million a year for 2 or 3 years. Trade him at the deadline if we are out of the playoff race (unlikely, but you never know).

If he can be got at about 3 years/20 mil, then I'd go after him. Otherwise I'd move on.

Andrew Miller has been one of the biggest Hot/Cold pitchers of the last decade. We just got a few months of awesome Hot Miller, but if he was this consistent we'd never have gotten him in a trade. No one in baseball doubts his ability, he's always been highly touted with a super high upside but counting on him has been the fall of many teams before this.

This pretty much sums up my feelings.

I think your feelings are inaccurate here when you look at the data. For his first 6 seasons, he was awful. Since then, he's been consistent and trending upwards towards the unhittable range we see today. I don't buy so many who claim with certainty here that he will suck or even that he will give 5 years of more sustained greatness that he's recently found. No one knows. Life is not certain.

The last four years have shown steady and progressive effectiveness as he has likely found his role in the league:

2011 - 5.54

2012 - 3.35

2013 - 2.64

2014 - 2.02

As a GM, you'd hate to have been on the wrong side while Detroit or Boston snatched him up and he sustained this level for 4-5 more years when you had him on your team and likely had first crack at him.

O's will not come close to spending what it will take to sign Miller. Britton, O'Day and Hunter will be a tough back end of the pen next year. Wallace has helped Hunter a lot.

Seems like you have intimate knowledge of their spending plans next season. Did you also know that they would go out and sign Cruz and Jimenez last year? Just curious.

In post game interview, Miller said he loved it here and he wouldn't rule out a return. I'm not counting on keeping him but our bullpen is going to miss him greatly.

I think he has to say that out of courtesy. We'll know soon enough.

Andrew Miller has been one of the biggest Hot/Cold pitchers of the last decade. We just got a few months of awesome Hot Miller, but if he was this consistent we'd never have gotten him in a trade. No one in baseball doubts his ability, he's always been highly touted with a super high upside but counting on him has been the fall of many teams before this.

This pretty much sums up my feelings.

Miller's been dominant ever since he moved to the pen, not the hot/cold guy anymore. Best reliever in baseball. I'd give him whatever he wants to sign.

I'll be surprised (not shocked) to not see both Miller and Lester back with Boston next year. Does Boston have any SP left after the trade deadline?

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