Jalen Miller, 2B. DOB: 12/19/1996. B-R, T-R. 5'11", 190 lbs. Drafted 2015 Round 3, #95 overall.
2017 A+: .227/.283/.346, 25 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 6 SB, 6.6 BB%, 21.3 K%, .281 BABIP, .118 ISO, 1.09 GB/FB, 19.0 LD%, 42.2 GB%, 38.8 FB%, 35.71 XBH%, 470 PA.
2018 A+: .276/.321/.434, 35 2B, 2 3B, 14 HR, 11 SB, 4.9 BB%, 21.8 K%, .335 BABIP, .159 ISO, 0.94 GB/FB, 21.8 LD%, 37.9 GB%, 40.3 FB%, 36.71 XBH%, 554 PA.
This was Jalen Miller's second gig in San Jose at age 21. The doubters will point to his BABIP and BB%. They may well be right, but I would counter that he also objectively hit the ball harder and got it in the air more. Another caution would be that he started out hot but cooled off considerably over the last 3 months of the season and much of his production came from 1 very hot month in May.
Whatever the case, it's time for him to move up to AA where he'll still be fairly young for the level. He can also afford to repeat there if he has to. Comp is Howie Kendrick although Miller gets the ball in the air a lot more than Kendrick. We'll see if that turns out to be a good thing. One big thing in his favor is he's managed to stay healthy his whole pro career which has given him plenty of PA's to learn from. He's turning out to be not quite as toolsy as it seemed when he was drafted, but there may still be more power in there.
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Derek Holland.......
ReplyDeleteFor whatever reason, I have doubts about Miller. Perhaps he'll be good enough to be trade bait.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, the Giants re-signed Holland for 1 year with a team option. Good price. Great call. Doubted him going into last season. He turned out well. He really wants to be in San Francisco, too.
Fantastic news ...
DeleteLove the Dutch Oven he was great last season! Is Samardjiza back because that isn’t a bad rotation. Need a bat or two now...
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