Dec

Yankees outright Jim Miller to Triple-A

The Yankees have outrighted Jim Miller to Triple-A, the team announced. The right-handed reliever was designated for assignment earlier this week to clear room on the 40-man roster for Ichiro Suzuki.

Miller, 30, was claimed off waivers from the Athletics late last month. He pitched to a 2.59 ERA (4.74 FIP) in 48.2 innings for Oakland last year and owns a 2.42 ERA (4.42 FIP) with big strikeout (8.10 K/9 and 20.4 K%) and walk (5.12 BB/9 and 12.9 BB%) rates in 63.1 career big league innings.

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kenthadley says:

December 21, 2012 at 5:16 pm

Guess they like him better than Mickey Storey, who passed through waivers for Toronto.

Havok9120 says:

December 21, 2012 at 5:24 pm

Ah, this is nice. Bullpen stockpile.

Flyer7 says:

December 21, 2012 at 5:32 pm

Suppose full 40 man rosters allowed Yanks to stock Spence and Miller in AAA. Wouldnt be surprised if one of them goes North in April

Chris Widger says:

December 21, 2012 at 8:38 pm

As much criticism as Cash is getting here, I love these below-the-radar moves with possible middle relief guys. Certainly better than picking up wrecks like Buddy Groom or Chad Qualls and hoping to get lucky – these guys have had recent success as middle-innings guys and now they are there for depth.

Dropped Third says:

December 22, 2012 at 12:18 am

Cash takes a lot of abuse but he’s pretty good at digging through the scrap heap… Or it could also be the team has a good pro-scouting department. Yankees have no trouble acquiring quality relievers of late.

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