If the first two outings of the spring for right-hander Shelby Miller of the Arizona Diamondbacks represent any indication, demons from his baseball soul may have been exorcised. Then again, it’s only two spring appearances thus far and a 2016 season of maladies cannot be wiped away within a short week in late February and early March.
Still, Miller demonstrated the kind of talent both the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Braves believed he possessed. After his initial outing of the spring which yielded two strong scoreless innings last Saturday at Salt River against the Rockies, Miller picked up where he left off Thursday night.