Shelby Miller Scouting Report
Posted on September 10th, 2010 by azruavatar in Scouting Reports, shelby millerI’m pretty jealous of Kevin Goldstein. Beyond the fact that he has an awesome day job of discussing bsaeball prospects all the time, he’s also seen Shelby Miller four times this year in person! I’ve seen nine Quad Cities games and zero Shelby Miller appearances. Boo!
KG saw Miller in his latest start during the playoffs against Kane County. Miller was dominant over 7 innings and Goldstein has a full scouting report on the Cardinals top prospect:
Summary: Between body, delivery, and stuff, Miller has easy frontline starter potential, as 9/8 playoff start was best performance by a pitcher I’ve seen all year. Previous looks do create concerns, although potential for improvement is significant. Don’t see much projection in fastball, but doesn’t need it, and shows enough high-quality curveballs to project for a 70/60/50 repertoire only seen in star-level arms. Improved control/command throughout season and could be poised for ’11 breakout.
I’ve been critical of Baseball Prospectus in the past (and they still need to clean up their UI experience — their stats sections are awful) but between Goldstein’s continually awesome prospect reports and the additions of some “hardcore” sabermetric types (namely Colin Wyers), it wasn’t a hard decision to re-up my subscription last week. The teaser above is just a small part of the awesome writeup that Shelby got from Goldstein.
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You should subscribe to the Up & In: Baseball Prospectus podcast with Goldstein and Jason Parks. It’s hilarious, and they do a good job discussing things on a “normal” level.
One thing in that article that amused me greatly was KG’s approving description of Shelby’s body type, including the fact that he has a, quote, “thick middle.” Ah, to once again be of an age where a thick middle is a VIRTUE…
This is by far my favorite quote:
Can’t believe you missed that one AZ! It’s right up your alley.
Also, it brings me back to the heady days of “Super Baseball 2020″ for SNES where they did in fact have robots pitching. If you pitched them too long, then they actually broke down and couldn’t pitch anymore. And they had a whole team of women and they were the best team in the league.
I miss Super Baseball 2020…
Only 10 years away!
I remember playing that game.
Let’s see, all in ONE edition of the DFR, we have reference to a ” bullet-throwing robot,” a “thick middle,” and a “whole team of women.”
For a moment, I wasn’t sure if I’d come to a minor league baseball site or if I’d fallen into an historical discussion of the Supreme Court’s definition of prurient interest.