There are many pitchers that I go out of my way to avoid as I simply don't trust them to give me a performance worthy of a roster spot on a given night. Wade Miley is one of those guys and will continue to be one of them even after last night's line of 9.0 IP, 2 ER, 5 Hits, 0 BBs, 8 Ks. There are many little notes to make about this start, such as it's his first career complete game and only the second time he's had more than 6 Ks since July 7th, and I don't want this game - against the Phillies - to trump everything he has done this year. He still holds a 4.00 xFIP and holds a sub 7.00 K rate with a BB/9 of 2.88 that is way too close to 3.00. He does get to face the Rays twice in his next three starts, and I understand if your desperate times call on Miley for a stream once, but I'd really try to avoid if I could. He has eight starts this season - over 28% of his starts - with at least 5 ER, and that frightens me terribly.
Let’s see what every other SP did yesterday:
