Andrew Miller Trade to Orioles

[SpinJr]

Seriously. How can anyone think this was a very good trade? We traded 7 years of a MOR SP for 20 innings of relief pitching. Pathetic.

You are being to gracious calling him a MOR starter. He has only proven at this point that he has struggled at AA for a year and a half.

[Orioles4Life21]

Seriously. How can anyone think this was a very good trade? We traded 7 years of a MOR SP for 20 innings of relief pitching. Pathetic.

Why don't we fire Duquette and hire you? How many times have you been out to see Eduardo pitch this year or ever? Let's see your detailed scouting reports on him.

[Rene88]

We're going to be pitching Chris Tillman against Lester in game 1 of the playoffs' date=' but its okay, because we now have Andrew Miller in the 7th.[/quote']

LOL-well said. Yeah, if we had him under control for the additional year, I would be all for this, but....ouch. Disappointed.

[oriolesfanstan]

Guys, we had to get a good lefty in our bullpen who wasn't the closer. This is a great move. Now I won't have to read as much complaining in the game thread evertyime we put BM in the game.

[TonySoprano]

Stop lying. I never understood why people lie on a message board. Hes a free agent this offseason.

He's misinformed, not lying.

[UMDTerrapins]

When some sites say he is a 2015 free agent, they mean he is a free agent for the 2015 season, not after the 2015 season.

[Orioles4Life21]

We're going to be pitching Chris Tillman against Lester in game 1 of the playoffs' date=' but its okay, because we now have Andrew Miller in the 7th.[/quote']

Just in the last week we've beaten King Felix, Iwakuma, Weaver, and Garret Richards. How were we able to do that? Was it because of our very effective bullpen that is now even deeper?

[mark_beckens]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?id=millean01&year=2014&t=p

Andrew Miller

Andrew Mark Miller

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left, Throws: Left

Height: 6' 7", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 21, 1985 in Gainesville, FL (Age 29.071)

High School: F. W. Buchholz HS (Gainesville, FL)

School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 2006 amateur draft.

Signed August 8, 2006. (All Transactions)

Debut: August 30, 2006 (Age 21.101) vs. NYY 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2007 season

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Teams (by GP): RedSox/Marlins/Tigers 2006-2014

2014 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$1.9M (14) (details)

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Service Time<small> (01/2014)</small>: 5.062, Free Agent: 2015

[*], Agents: Frontline (Braunecker, Lindell, Rodgers), previously: Mark Rodgers

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If you hover over the *, it says 2015 means he's a FA after THIS season. IMO, that makes him a FA in 2015.

[Sanfran327]

I'll take this all day, particularly if we can retain Miller. Now we can't complain about Britton closing as a LHP, and I think ERo was going to be more of a longshot than Bundy, Harvey, and Berry. Good move giving up a name for a nugget.

[allquixotic]

Miller - O'Day - Britton.....

I like.

Don't forget, if our SP only goes 5 IP, we can use Hunter. He had a horrible first quarter of the season but has been good since coming off the DL.

If the opposing teams want to win a game, they better score off of our SP. Scary bullpen.

[StottyByNature]

I had read that before as well. Found this

source - mlbdailydish

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>I think Sox have very good chance to re-sign Andrew Miller, but there will be no hometown discount. Miller's career revived here, loves Bos</p>— Gordon Edes (@GordonEdes) <a href="

">July 31, 2014</a></blockquote>

<script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This could indeed be a rental.

Let it play out. Things change, especially if the O's make a deep run in the playoffs. He will also just probably take the biggest deal he can get as this will be his best chance at a big contract.

I think this is a good trade. We have a great shot at the playoffs so we are getting a guy who definitely helps us for a guy who may have someday helped. We are not a team that can buy our way into the playoffs, so when we have a shot we have to go for it. We helped the team without giving away our major assets. I think it is a good move without risking too much. We got one of the best relievers on the market, and he's a lefty.

[waroriole]

Even if he's a BOR, hes still plenty of years of control for a guy who will throw 20 innings. I don't like the trade at all if hes only a rental.

Exactly. A #5 SP for 7 years is worth a whole hell of a lot more than a RP.

[LookitsPuck]

Dan Duquette's trade history with the O's leaves much to be desired. He's no Andy MacPhail.

[FlipTheBird]

Fine' date=' he isn't a part of our long term plans. But you don't just give him away for a rental lefty specialist. That's just stupid.[/quote']

Miller gets righty's out, too. This isn't a LOOGY, it's a legitimate stud reliever.

What did people expect? That the O's would land valuable players for the scrubs of the farm system? Just baffling, how some folks think.

[CA-ORIOLE]

Seriously. How can anyone think this was a very good trade? We traded 7 years of a MOR SP for 20 innings of relief pitching. Pathetic.

You're way ahead of yourself here. Ed Rod may never amount to a ML SP much less the 7 year MOR SP you have him pegged at. He's struggling pretty badly at AA, and to be honest I was pretty underwhelmed with his stuff in ST.

It's a steep price, but I am fine with it.