Bryce Miller’s mom, Denise, once described the feeling of watching her son pitch in MLB thusly: “I want to cry every single time.” That’s basically how I’ve felt about watching Miller pitch this season too, but probably for different reasons.
It should be noted that today’s game didn’t start that way. The first two times through the order, it looked like Bryce Miller was getting back on track. While his fastball command has been his central problem early in the season, he was very four-seamer focused early on today, with positive results. He went to the pitch 45% of the time the first two times through, and while he left a few too many middle-down, he otherwise commanded it better than he had all year, resulting in three strikeouts and no walks.