Miller Time

    The St. Louis Cardinals this year have been one of the best teams in National League with a record of 39-21 and that has a lot to do with their pitching. But not by pitchers you would think of, with a lot of St. Louis's big guns on the DL as in Chris Carpenter, Jamie Garica, and Jake Westbrook. The one pitcher that stands out the most for the Red Birds this year has been Shelby Miller. The 22 year old from Houston Tx, won his 7 game last night beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-8. Miller last night went 6.0 strong innings, striking out 9 batter, and giving up two earn runs. Miller also helped out his own caused by going deep in the bottom of the 5th inning hitting his first career home run.


    Shelby Miller this year has really been of one the best pitchers in the NL so far through the first half of season. Miller has number one stuff and could someday be the ace of this team but with guys like Adam Wainwright and Lance Lyons in front of him, right now Miller is just playing his part as the Red Birds number three pitcher in the rotation. The one thing I like about Miller is he a gamer, really strong arm. Getting his fast ball up around 93-94 MPH and his off-speed pitches are really nasty. He has a great curveball that drops and fools batters very nicely. For a 22 year old kid, he has stuff like a 10 year old veteran pitcher. I expect big things from Miller in the future and hopefully see him in this year All-Star game. Keep it up kid!

Shelby Miller
ERA 1.91, 7-3, 81 SO

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