Miller Makes MLB Debut
8/18/2020 9:10:00 AM | Baseball
The Cubs' 2016 fourth-round pick and current Top-30 Prospect got the start for game two of Chicago's doubleheader with the St. Louis Cardinals.
FIRST MLB PITCH ✅
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) August 18, 2020
FIRST MLB OUT ✅
Tyson Miller is out here representing CBU.#LanceUp⚔️ | #PitcherU pic.twitter.com/VW80wgCPbD
It makes Miller the second Lancer in three years to get the call up to the big leagues. Trevor Oaks is the only other CBU player to do so with the Kansas City Royals in 2018. Oaks is currently with the San Francisco Giants organization and awaiting a similar call-up opportunity while at the Giants' alternate training site in Sacramento.
Tyson Miller will make his @MLB debut today, as he's been announced as the @Cubs' starter for game two of today's doubleheader with the Cardinals. #LanceUp⚔️ | @Tyson_Miller07 pic.twitter.com/pjAjNbTRvj
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) August 17, 2020
Miller had been at the Cubs' alternate training site in South Bend, Ind., since July 15. He was officially added to the Chicago Cubs' 60-Man Player Pool for Summer Camp last month, and earned a spot on the Cubs' 40-Man Roster this past November.
Miller earned his spot after four impressive seasons at six different levels in the Cubs system, and a strong showing this summer in South Bend.
"Tyson's been throwing really well. He's got a couple new toys that he's developed down there in South Bend, as far as pitch mix," Cubs Manager David Ross told NBC Sports Chicago.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) August 17, 2020
We're getting closer and closer to first pitch!#LanceUp⚔️ | @Tyson_Miller07 pic.twitter.com/FXYL2aRSev
"We are excited to see Tyson come up and pitch. We will watch him closely and with fresh eyes on him in this environment," Ross told 670 The Score.
Miller threw two innings and limited the Cardinals to two runs in his debut on Monday night, and the Cubs came back to win the seven-inning game, 5-4. He put together a strong first inning, as he got his first two batters out on grounders to shortstop. He then walked Paul Goldschmidt on a full count before he ended the inning on another grounder to third.
In the words of the great Michael Scott, "my heart is very full at this moment" Thank you to the @Cubs for giving me a chance tonight and thank you to my family, friends, and fans here for all your support and messages. 8/17/20 is the day I became a big leaguer! All Love🤘🏽🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/VKQvkoT4wp
— Tyson Miller (@Tyson_Miller07) August 18, 2020
Over three seasons at CBU, Miller was a two-time all-conference selection in the PacWest and three-time NCAA Division II All-West Region pick. To this day, he ranks third in Lancer history with 237 career strikeouts, fifth in wins (23) and innings pitched (272.1) and seventh with a 2.71 ERA.
CBU has had 35 former players selected in the MLB Draft over the past 38 years with 24 players taken during Coach Adcock's 16-year tenure as skipper. Two other Lancers have signed free-agent contracts in the last two years.
