Could the Yankees reunite with Andrew Miller after years?

Ls New York Yankees They decided last winter to reunite with a left-handed pitcher who had traded to a Divison Central team a few years earlier, Justin Wilson. It is not ruled out that they now persecute Andrew Miller.

With this in mind, could Brian Cashman consider a repeat of last winter when the transaction freeze ends by bringing former Game Enderer Andrew Miller back for a second round in pinstripes? By the way, if you don’t get that reference, check out the comment section from early 2015, when manager Joe Girardi declined to name Miller as the closer even though he clearly was.

The last time Miller was in the public consciousness of the Yankees is a bittersweet memory, as he gave up a solo home run to Greg Bird to open the seventh inning in Game 3 of the 2017 ALDS that saw the Yankees notch three straight wins for get over. a 0-2 deficit against Cleveland, who the Yankees had traded the previous year.

At the time, Miller was one of the best in the business, the archetype of the modern-day relay ace brought in to put out fires, the role that Green and Jonathan Loáisiga largely played last year. But while I’m not going to say that Bird’s home run broke Miller, his career since the 2017 season has gone downhill.

From 2013 to 2017, Miller was among the elite arms of the game’s bullpen. His 9.8 fWAR was just behind Kenley Jansen, Chapman and Craig Kimbrel and he was just ahead of Dellin Betances. Meanwhile, only Wade Davis and Zack Britton posted an ERA better than their 1.82; his 1.96 FIP ranked similarly behind only Jansen and Chapman. His 41.1 K% was surpassed only by Chapman and his 33.7 K-BB% only behind Jansen. Considering that Jansen, Chapman and Kimbrel were closers for their respective teams, it could be argued that Miller was the best coach in baseball.

To make matters worse, Miller has been plagued with minor injuries in recent seasons.

Hamstring strain and knee swelling limited him to just 34 innings in 2018. Before the pandemic ended spring training in 2020, he had trouble feeling baseball.

Last year, a blister on my foot closed it twice over a total of about six weeks. While none of these are major causes for concern, they have meant that Miller has released more than 50 entries exactly once since 2017.

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