In appreciation of Alec Mills

Alec Mills and Victor Caratini celebrate Mills’ 2020 no-hitterIn portions of five seasons for the Chicago Cubs, Alec Mills made 66 appearances (39 starts). He posted a 4.84 ERA and 1.320 WHIP and struck out 209 in 253 innings. All of that was worth a grand total of 0.3 bWAR, so essentially Mills was a replacement level pitcher. He was outrighted to Triple-A Iowa Thursday and elected free agency.

So why am I writing this article?

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.“The college walk-on has made history!” said Len Kasper, and that indeed was quite an accomplishment. Yes, it was “only” in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, but a no-hitter is a no-hitter and it was over a team that had a…