3 Phillies pitching prospect debuts to look forward to in 2022
Erik Miller, future Phillies LHP
Erik Miller has missed most of the minor league season due to injury, but has rehabbed at three levels of the Phillies farm system, and is rising quickly through franchise ranks.
He’s only pitched in five games overall this season, so the 12 2/3 innings is a small sample size, but an encouraging one. He has a 1.42 ERA and has struck out 16 and walked 11.
In 2019, the former fourth-round pick (2019) had a 1.50 ERA over 11 games (seven starts) between A-ball, short-season A, and rookie ball.
Over two minor league seasons and over 48 innings of work, Miller has only allowed eight earned runs. But the truly wild stat is that he has yet to allow a single home run.
Erik Miller 3.1IP 3H 0R 4K 072821, Broadcast mentions scoreboard gun "3-4 mph slow" pic.twitter.com/85M89gVzUw
— PHI Prospect BurnerAcct (@PBurneracct) July 30, 2021
The scouting reports have his slider as his best pitch, but also note that he is developing a changeup that “does a nice job of killing spin,” as well as a curve.
At the rate the Phillies are moving him up through their farm system, Miller is on track to begin the 2022 season in Double-A, move quickly to Triple-A, and make his debut sometime next summer.