Since allowing two earned runs and walking one in his first appearance of the season March 30, Mason Miller has dominated opponents.
When you think of the Oakland Pathetics … sorry, Athletics … you might think of a team that won 110 games — over the past two seasons.
Opponents hit .091 with a .285 OPS and 28 strikeouts in that span. According to Statcast, Miller ranks in the top 9 percent of the league in exit velocity , the top 7 percent in maximum exit velocity and the top 3 percent in WOBA.In fact, the only categories he isn’t ranked near the top in are walk rate and ground-ball rate .
Opponents are hitting .185 against his heater with 16 strikeouts, .563 OPS and 25.6 swinging-strike rate. He also has a 48.6 percent whiff rate with the pitch, which he uses 57.6 percent of the time. It is quite the opposite. His xERA, FIP , xFIP and BABIP all point to him being better than he already has been, if that is possible.That being said, Miller is in high demand, and maybe you want to cash in while his stock is soaring.
Who was the second-most added player? That would be Minnesota backstop Ryan Jeffers, who went 13-for-33 with two homers, seven RBIs, seven runs, a stolen base and 1.185 OPS in his past 10 games.
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