Kurt Miller  
Starting Pitcher | Cincinnati Reds

Pitching
Miller's control is among the best in the game. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. Sometimes I wish he'd just give up on throwing the changeup, it's like a BP ball! He attacks lefties and righties the same way.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Miller is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Miller has some pop in his swing.

          -- Emu Nyman, AA/AAA Scout
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 PIT 84 63 61 53 56 50 53 51 45 46 39 0 42 43 0 0 24 2 Overhand Active 0 1 14 50 278
1999 PIT 85 63 69 56 56 50 53 51 45 46 39 0 42 50 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 301
2000 PIT 85 63 73 56 56 50 53 51 45 46 39 0 48 50 0 0 26 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 309
2001 PIT 85 65 80 59 56 50 53 51 45 46 39 0 52 50 0 0 27 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 56 326
2002 PIT 85 67 88 62 56 50 53 51 45 46 39 0 54 50 0 0 28 5 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 341
2003 PIT 90 67 88 62 56 50 53 51 45 46 39 0 54 50 0 0 29 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 346
2004 PIT 91 68 88 62 56 50 53 51 45 51 39 0 54 50 0 0 30 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 58 354
2005 BAL 91 67 88 62 56 50 53 51 45 51 44 0 54 50 0 0 31 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 357
2006 BAL 90 66 88 62 56 50 53 51 45 51 44 0 56 50 0 0 32 9 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 58 356
2007 FA 90 64 88 62 56 50 53 51 45 51 44 0 56 54 0 0 33 10 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 357
2008 FA 88 64 87 60 56 50 53 51 45 51 44 0 56 54 0 0 34 11 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 351
2009 FA 87 63 87 60 56 50 53 51 45 51 44 0 56 54 0 0 35 12 Overhand Free Agent 0 0 0 58 347
2010 CIN 86 61 84 60 56 50 53 51 45 51 44 0 56 54 0 0 35 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 57 341
Ratings Delta   -1 -2 -3                             +1           -1 -6
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.