Adam Miller (baseball) explained

Adam Miller
Position:Pitcher
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:26 November 1984
Birth Place:Plano, Texas

Adam Wayne Miller (born November 26, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

Career

Miller graduated from McKinney High School in 2003 and was selected by the Cleveland Indians as a sandwich pick (31st overall) in the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft.[1] After a strong campaign in with Lake County and Kinston, elbow problems in slowed down his rise through the ranks. Miller only managed 15 starts combined between Mahoning Valley and Kinston.

Healthy again and rated as the organization's top prospect by Baseball America,[2] his journey toward the big leagues resumed in . He started the 2008 season as a starting pitcher with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons after being placed on the 40-man roster for the Cleveland Indians in November .[3]

When healthy, Miller throws a mid-90s mph four-seam fastball, a high-80s mph slider, a sinker and a changeup.[4]

In 2009, Miller had reconstructive surgery on the middle finger of his throwing hand. As of December 2009, Miller had four surgeries to various parts of his right arm. Miller has returned to AA Akron with the Indians organization, where reports have him hitting 94-96 MPH on the radar gun.[5] The Indians declined to offer him a major league contract by the December 2009 non-tendering deadline, but signed him to a minor league contract December 13.[6]

On January 4, 2012, Miller signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees,[7] receiving an invitation to spring training.[8]

Miller played with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2013. He signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians to return to Minor League Baseball on March 18, 2014.[9]

On December 18, 2014, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed Miller.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minor League Baseball: Stats: Player: Adam Miller . MiLB.com . December 14, 2009 . October 15, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091015223223/http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P . dead .
  2. Web site: Top Ten Prospects: Cleveland Indians . Chris . Kline . January 16, 2009 . Baseball America . December 14, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20100114170138/http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2008/265464.html. 14 January 2010 . live.
  3. Web site: Tribe takes precautionary measures . Anthony . Castrovince . November 19, 2007 . MLB.com . December 14, 2009.
  4. Web site: Arizona Fall League Notebook: Oct. 24 . Chris . Kline . October 24, 2007 . Baseball America . Phoenix, Arizona . December 14, 2009.
  5. Web site: Pair of surgeries brings bad news for one . Anthony . Castrovince . December 9, 2009 . MLB.com . December 14, 2009.
  6. Web site: Tribe ink Reyes, Miller to Minors deals . Anthony . Castrovince . December 13, 2009 . MLB.com . December 15, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091216173012/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091213&content_id=7805216&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. 16 December 2009 . live.
  7. http://thetimes-tribune.com/sports/yankees-sign-three-to-minor-league-deals-1.1253625 Yankees sign three to minor league deals - Sports - The Times-Tribune
  8. Web site: Yankees sign INF Russell Branyan, RHP Manny Delcarmen, INF Bill Hall, LHP Hideki Okajima and OF Dewayne Wise to Minor League contracts yankees.com: News . 2012-02-09 . 2013-12-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204021408/http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120208&content_id=26622054&vkey=pr_nyy&c_id=nyy . dead .
  9. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140318&content_id=69590634&notebook_id=69590534&vkey=notebook_cle&c_id=cle Indians bring back former prospect Miller

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