[情報] Shelby Miller

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http://prospectinsider.com/view/draft-prospect:-shelby-miller,-rhp/

Prospect Insider, along with seven professional scouts, had front row seats
to witness the season debut by one of the top prep pitchers in the nation
when Shelby Miller took on Marble Falls on Valentine's Day.

Miller, generally ranked among the top 15-20 overall draft prospects, tossed
two innings and threw over 40 pitches with the radar guns of the Oakland
Athletics, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners, Colorado Rockies, among others,
digitally recording his every move.

Miller, who plays in Brownwood, burst onto the scene as a junior by throwing
three straight no-hitters, the last one being a five inning perfect game
where he struck out 14 of the 15 batters who came to the plate. In his career
he has four no-hitters.

As a senior, Miller now has the big leagues interested because of his size,
6-foot-4, 215 pounds, his terrific sinking fastball and assortment of
secondary offerings.

He's also got solid mechanics for a prep pitcher.

Miller's fastball hovers in the low 90s, topping out at 94 this past Saturday,
but scouts think there may be more velocity to come.

"Honestly, he doesn't use his back leg well enough," one scout said. "With his
size and frame he can throw harder than he does, and he proves it sometimes
when he is frustrated or amped up, but he doesn't drive because he has never
had to. If that thing got up to 95 on every pitch and keeps the sink he'd be
a top-round pick in my opinion."

When Miller isn't overwhelming opposing teams with his fastball, he has a
tight spinning slider he likes to use early in the count. Three times against
Marble Falls he threw the slider after his fastball was fouled off. The slider
stayed around 87-mph on the day and the scouts liked his arm angle on the
pitch.

Miller was missing low to most batters, so a lot of sliders ended up in the
dirt, but when he commanded it well there was little doubt it's a potential
plus pitch.

Miller's 12-6 curve ball, a slower breaking ball, was his out pitch Saturday
and was clocked anywhere from 73 to 76 mph. Due to his mild control problems,
Miller was typically behind in the count, but did find the occasional
opportunity to show off his curve. He threw it four times - it was whiffed at
three times.

The one pitch missing from Miller's arsenal appeared to be the changeup. In
his first live appearance of the year he threw just one, a straight change
clocked in at 81 mph on two different guns, but it bounced on the plate and
Miller never went back to it.

The scouts feel he won't rely on it too much this year, but as one scout put
it, "if he's going to be missing a pitch that is the one I'll take every time."

Miller's outing, albeit short, was impressive enough, despite some issues with
his command. Here are some of the basics on the Brownwood High School star:


Fastball:
  Typically clocked between 90 and 92, touching the mid-90s at times. Shows 
  some natural sink and a decent movement.

Slider:
  The tighter of his two breaking balls, clocked in the 85-87 mph range and 
  generally commanded better than his curve ball. Could ultimately be his 
  best pitch.

Curve:
  Coming out of his hand at 72-76 mph, Miller's curve is what fools most prep 
  batters. He piles up the strikeouts by setting hitters up with the velocity 
  on his fastball, getting ahead and then flipping the curve somewhere near 
  the plate.

Changeup:
  As with most prep arms, Miller's changeup is a work-in-progress, and since 
  he doesn't need it to dominate in the high school ranks, his focus on the 
  pitch between outings will be critical.

Mechanics/Delivery:
  Miller throws from a high arm slot, nearly straight over the top - not quite 
  Joel Pineiro, but he's not a 3/4 slot guy, either. He creates decent plane 
  on his pitches, particularly his fastball.

By all accounts, he occasionally has problems repeating his entire delivery,
but his arm slot is fairly consistent from pitch to pitch, and pitch type to
pitch type.

Overall:
  Miller has a chance to pitch his way into the Top 10 of this year's draft,
  but probably enters the season as the No. prep pitching prospect, behind
  left-handers Matt Purke and Tyler Matzek. Miller, however, throws harder
  than Purke, is more projectable than Matzek at this stage, and is already
  built like a 200-inning frontline starting pitcher.

The development of his changeup, the refinement of his mechanics and breaking
balls and continued consistency with his release point, arm speed and arm slot
could shoot Miller past both southpaws come June.

Maybe even all the way up to No. 2.

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推 ColbyRasmus:slider... (．＿．?)
→ waitla:我也不知道為啥會有Slider  XD
→ waitla:不過好像是真的會投 而且Miller自己也說 「right now I'm
→ waitla:with a slider and have thrown it a couple of times in
→ waitla:game; it's got pretty good cut to it, but I really
→ waitla:don't use it that much.  I know I'll use it more as I
→ waitla:get older, though.
→ waitla:第一句應該是 "...I'm working with a slider.."
→ waitla:不知道為啥 BA跟一些scout report都沒提到他的滑球
推 ColbyRasmus:可能是今年都沒用了? 後來的報告都沒提到滑球
→ waitla:這個報告是2月 訪問是4月  也是有可能後來的使用量都很少
→ waitla:所以沒啥人在意