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Shelby Miller (Photo: Derrick
Stuckley/Brownwood Bulletin)
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Biographical Data |
| Player Name: | Shelby
Miller |
| Position: | Starting
Pitcher |
| School: | Brownwood
(Texas) |
| School Type: | High
School |
| Academic Class: | Senior |
| Birthdate: | 10/10/90 |
| Height: | 6'3" |
| Weight: | 195 lbs. |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Report Date(s): | 4/18/09 |
| Game(s): | Graham HS |
Focus
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Comments |
| Fastball: | Miller threw his fastball up to 96 mph
and throws comfortably at around 93 mph. He's been clocked as high as 98 mph. |
| Fastball movement: | He's got average life, but
it's a heavy ball that pushes bats back. |
| Curve: | Flashes a breaking ball that could
potentially be a plus pitch. He throws it 73-78 mph and it has two- and four-seam rotation. It's not always there
consistently. |
| Changeup: | Does not have a changeup to speak
of. |
| Control: | Biggest flaw is that he doesn't show
consistent command and control, though some saw him more as a high strike zone pitcher. |
| Poise: | He's fine on the mound. |
| Physical Description: | Miller is tall and
projectable with a deceptive frame. |
| Medical Update: | Healthy. |
| Strengths: | Great pure and natural arm strength
on a great frame. Lots of projection and a good fastball-curve combination. |
| Weaknesses: | He doesn't show a changeup and his
command has been inconsistent at best. |
| Summary: | No draft class is complete without at
least one strong-armed Texas high schooler and Miller is the best of the lot. He's got a fastball that touches the
upper 90s and a potentially plus curve to go along with a perfectly projectable pitcher's frame. His command is iffy
and he doesn't have a third pitch right now, but this kind of arm strength with that kind of body usually goes off
the board very early on draft day. |
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