http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/shelby-miller-humbled-after-rough-season/article_29bc42e4-52cb-5968-8948-4798d60d8bfb.html

I never said control/velocity improved to the “no shake rule”.

Every beat reporter/columnist mentioned above is a gossip monger who bases no articles/columns on quality sources within the organization? Seriously..

Blame can be placed on both for the off season regime for sure, the monitoring of his workout routine should have been more aggressive by the club but at some point (21 or not) the player has to be accountable – especially for a 25 pould weight loss.

As far as being passed up by Rosenthal and Kelly, he’d obviously lost enough luster within the organization to not be “the next to be called up” or trusted to positively contribute at a time when the club was in dire need help on the staff.

Prospect lists are just that, lists – fodder for conversation.

Nice for fans to get fired up about but rarely the end all be all of how a player will perform when called upon.

I mean c’mon – what would you rather be, higher on a “list” of prospects still in the minors or the guy(s) now in the big leagues who was/were ranked lower than you by a scribe who only makes mountains of mole hills to fill content?

I’m fairly certain Miller himself prefers to be off “the list” and in the show.

Hopefully he gets a shot and steps up if called upon.

The guys you are citing up there are largely gossip mongers, that is their job, they have to have content every day…much of which is making mountains out of mole hills (or less).

I don’t know what you are reading, but I’ve seen the mis-communication about the off-season workout goals cited in multiple places with the club stating it was as much their fault as Miller’s.

Miller was not “passed up” by Joe Kelley or Trevor Rosenthal…because the best prospect list is not the same as the next guy to get called up list.

Not sure about the miscommunication either, they prescribed a regime and he failed to follow it -to the degree of losing 25 pounds and being passed up in the organization by Joe Kelley and Trevor Rosenthal and only getting 2 appearances before being exiled to minor league camp.

No idea about the mechanics issue, from everything I’ve heard he turned the corner after they instituted a “no shake rule” got him more upright, skipped his turn in the rotation amid demotion and trade rumors and specifically told him it was their way or the highway.

I absolutely think he could have been had in the right package (like anyone else I suppose), but that package never presented itself – as Keith Law said around the deadline concerning Miller “Why sell low?”

Personally, I’m happy for the kid – and he is just a kid.

I hope he gets the call in September and learns something from the experience, changes the perception he creaed for himself with the disappointing spring and soaks up everything he can from guys like Wainwright, Carpenter and Lohse.

Here’e the feature on Miller from yesterday’s Post Dispatch by Strauss, he seems like a good kid who’s gotten the message and on the right track.

He was never ever going anywhere. Strauss acts like rumors he heard that didn’t happen were all completely accurate and true, which is highly likely not to be the case.

I’d love to see the kid get a sniff in September whether it’s pitching if needed or observing and getting a feel for the big league experience.