Padres dismiss Mason Miller pitch-tipping speculation, prepare to face Brewers with season on line
Craig Stammen said the Padres’ analytics team monitors pitchers daily as Mason Miller’s 21 strikes on 40 pitches fueled online speculation.
- On Monday at Petco Park, San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen dismissed online speculation that closer Mason Miller was tipping pitches during the team's Game 2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
- The Brewers rallied for a 4-3 victory Sunday after Miller threw only 21 of 40 pitches for strikes, putting San Diego in an 0-2 series hole in the National League Divisional playoff.
- Stammen said the team monitors pitchers daily, adding, "We're well aware of what's going on with our pitchers," and dismissed the internet rumors as taking matters "farther than they need to go."
- Facing elimination, veteran Nick Pivetta takes the mound for Game 3, returning from an elbow injury that sidelined him nearly five months of the regular season to face the Brewers.
- Only 10 of 93 MLB teams have recovered from an 0-2 deficit in a best-of-five series, yet Manny Machado emphasized, "Ultimately it's about getting that big hit in those big moments.
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Padres deny Mason Miller pitch-tipping speculation
After it was all said and done, following the San Diego Padres’ questionable decision to have Mason Miller come out and pitch in the eighth and ninth innings, speculation arose that he was tipping his pitches. For the Padres, who find themselves in a 2-0 hole against the Milwaukee Brewers, manager Craig Stammen begs to...
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Padres dismiss Mason Miller pitch-tipping speculation, prepare to face Brewers with season on line
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Although the San Diego Padres have plenty of concerns in the face of playoff elimination, they don't believe Mason Miller tipping his pitches is one of them.
Although the San Diego Fathers have a lot of concerns about being eliminated from the playoffs, they don't think one of them is that Mason Miller is ratting out their pitches.
Was Miller tipping pitches? Closer blames blown save on lack of command
SAN DIEGO -- Mason Miller doesn’t think he was tipping his pitches on Sunday in Milwaukee. But he’s certainly not going to rule out the possibility. Especially not when he looks back on that 1-2 slider below the zone to Jackson Chourio. That’s the one that has him a bit
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