Record: 3-4. Change on 2016: -1.5.
Admittedly, it was a split-squad Cubs line-up that Shelby Miller faced tonight at Salt River Field, so that would have made things easier. I’m also not sure quite how accurate the repeated 97 mph readings on Gameday were - not least because at least one of those pitches was labeled a change-up. But even allowing for these mitigating factors, here’s the bottom line. In his first two spring training outings, Miller has thrown five innings with a K:BB of 9:0. In his first two spring training outings last year, Miller threw five innings with a K:BB of 0:2.