Is that a good thing? At this point for Zunino? I personally don't think it is yet.
Oh I agree, I have never been a fan of Miley, didn't think he was a good addition by Dipoto from the beginning. He is what he is and has been for most of his career. He will consistently give you between 4-6 runs to make up, he will keep the walks down by throwing a lot of strikes but he will get hit hard because of it. His "stuff" is not impressive which leads to a lot of 2 strike hits and just hits in general. Not a fan personally. If anything I thought the Safeco effect may have helped him but it hasn't shown yet.
Miley has given up lots of runs in a high percentage of his starts, getting bailed out by the O in many of them. Only a matter of time before that didn't happen. Felix-Kuma-Walker-Paxton-Leblanc seems to me like where we may be headed. Maybe Karns back in for Leblanc but I'm not sure if Miley is going to hold his spot with an ERA around 6.
It wouldn't make sense for him to hold his spot. The Miley situation is frustrating me because it seems like he gets a "pass" for not doing much of value. One of the things that haunted the Mariners during the Jack Z era was him trying to save face on player acquisitions by playing lesser talent regularly for too long.
How much more crappy pitching would you need to see in order to determine he isn't good? This isn't a small sample size in fact its nearly half a season.
