Dodgers News: Andrew Friedman Has Complete Confidence in Bobby Miller Heading Into 2024 Season
During the 2023 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers had tons of rookies who made their major league debuts. Bobby Miller was perhaps the most impressive rookie pitcher throughout the entire season.
While he didn’t perform well in the NLDS against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Andrew Friedman still had confidence in Miller if the Dodgers had Game 5 in the NLDS.
“I feel very strongly that Bobby Miller was ready for October,” Friedman said “Had he pitched again, I would have bet on him.”
Miller, pitching on 7 days’ rest, lasted only 1.2 innings and allowed 3 runs in Game 2. Unlike Clayton Kershaw who couldn’t throw 90 miles-per-hour, Miller had so much adrenaline that he was throwing 102 miles-per-hour. He was amped and his command suffered.
On five days’ rest, Miller would have performed better. By a Game 5, he would have appeared in the postseason before, so his nervousness should have disappeared. With normal rest, Miller would have his customary good control.
Since his major league debut against the Atlanta Braves, Miller had been a reliable starter. During the season, he learned how to control his emotions on the mound. He didn’t usually allow a rally to go out of control.
Even if the Dodgers acquire multiple starting pitchers this offseason, Miller will be in the 2024 starting rotation. As he matures as a major league starting pitcher, Miller could become an ace of the Dodger starting rotation.
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So Andrew Friedman has complete confidence in Bobby Miller. Is this the same brainiac (who NEVER played pro baseball) that LET COREY SEAGER GO to another team? When not comes to evaluating talent, Friedman is a lightweight, and is one of the main reasons the Dodgers have won the WS ONCE in the last 35 years. Between him and another “win just enough to keep the turnstiles spinning,” Stan Kasten, LA’s Banker owners need to find TRUE ,EXPERIENCED, BASEBALL PEOPLE to run the baseball operation! AND…ENOUGH with the reclamation projects! You don’t win Words Series titles with older re-juvenated players. They also could’ve lured the best manager in baseball, Bruice Bochy, out of retirement to manage the Dodgers! But instead they hired an inexperienced milieu toast MGR, Dave Roberts. Have you EVER seen him thrown out of a game for arguing?? But, what do I know? As an ex-pro player, enough to say that LA needs to clean house, from top to bottom, or continue to be a ‘not good enough’ organization, who can’t win the hardware more than once in 35 years!!
He also has complete confidence in Dave.Ha!
we have no confidence in him or doctor dave What a joke !