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Reds Acquire Justin Miller From Blue Jays

By Connor Byrne | September 15, 2020 at 9:14pm CDT

The Reds have acquired right-handed reliever Justin Miller from the Blue Jays for an undisclosed amount of international spending space, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet reports.

Miller, whom the Blue Jays signed to a minor league contract last winter, had been at their alternate training site. The former Tiger, Rockie and National, 33, has recorded a 4.43 ERA/4.35 FIP with 9.15 K/9 and 3.11 BB/9 over 156 1/3 innings in the majors. He most recently tossed 15 2/3 frames as a Nat in 2019 and logged a 4.02 ERA (with a disastrous 7.11 FIP), posted 6.11 K/9 and 2.3 BB/9, and registered a career-worst 19.1 percent groundball rate.

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  1. chief noc-a-homa

    5 years ago

    Post deadline? Help me out here smarter baseball fans…

    Reply
    • dmazcomp

      5 years ago

      Not on the 40 man roster. Minor league trades are allowed.

      Reply
    • MoneyBallJustWorks

      5 years ago

      I believe because technically he was just claimed on waivers but they “worked out compensation”

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      • J. Johna Jaysmason

        5 years ago

        Yes, that is what I also believe after several years of head scratching myself, I finally looked it. That said, that was a couple of years back and
        before Covid times.

        Reply
  2. Charlie III

    5 years ago

    I assume that means he can pitch for them, but not in any playoffs?

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    • clrrogers

      5 years ago

      Actually, I believe as long as a player is in the organization by today (September 15), they are eligible for the postseason roster.

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      • tim815

        5 years ago

        If the Reds make the playoffs…….

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        • earmbrister

          5 years ago

          A half game out. From 2nd place AND the WC

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      • oscar gamble

        5 years ago

        Correct cirrogers. We are used to a 9-1 deadline, but this year it’s 9-15.

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    • hiflew

      5 years ago

      If Justin Miller is on your playoff roster at all, there are much bigger problems that can he pitch for them.

      Reply
  3. Charlie III

    5 years ago

    The trade deadlines in the past were really a “playoff eligibility” deadline.

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    • Jeff Zanghi

      5 years ago

      That’s totally not true… the trade deadline and the ‘playoff eligibility’ deadlines have always been entirely different dates — in regular seasons more than a month apart. Prior to the waiver-trade exception being scrapped the trade-deadline was for all trades, and then after the deadline teams could trade for any player who passed through waivers. Teams then had until (usually around August 15th or so) to acquire (via trade, waiver claim or FA signing) any players they wanted and add them to their 40-man roster to be playoff eligible. But the trade deadline has never been related to post-season eligibility… nor has it ever been the same date.

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      • SnoopyGum

        5 years ago

        Actually, the now-scrapped waiver-trade deadline was the end of August, the very last day someone had to be on the 40-man roster to meet the post-season roster eligibility of midnight August 31 11:59pm ET.

        Reply
  4. thebaseballfanatic

    5 years ago

    Minor league invite who you’d never have used anyway for international spending space? Good move by Toronto.

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    • dtdt

      5 years ago

      Toronto might need a pitcher after tonight’s game.

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      • earmbrister

        5 years ago

        Too funny

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  5. playicy

    5 years ago

    I thought you couldn’t trade anyone after the August 31st trade deadline

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    • Jeff Zanghi

      5 years ago

      I was also confused but reading a comment above (and if someone knows for sure I’d still appreciate the clarification) — it seems like players not on their teams 40-man roster can still be traded? In other seasons I guess this happens it’s just not as noticeable because there’s no ’60-man’ player pool so it’s typically just a minor league player being traded without any corresponding roster moves? But this season with the 60-man pool situation teams acquiring ‘minor-league’ (ie non-40-man roster players) are also acquiring guys for their 60-man pool so it seems/feels like more of a transaction than in normal seasons? That’s what I’m inferring anyway…

      Reply
  6. tonyinsingapore

    5 years ago

    JMiller being on the playoff roster would be cautionary statement for Reds fans like me…

    Reply
  7. Ted

    5 years ago

    I had to check but only two Justin Millers have ever played MLB. For some reason it feels like there’s more who keep cycling around teams.

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  8. Smokin Joe Charboneau

    5 years ago

    Somebody has to ask it ….

    “How does this help the Reds?”

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    • Armaments216

      5 years ago

      I assume he’s just a depth piece. The Reds have had to put a few pitchers on the IL recently and they just added 2 non-roster pitchers to their 28-man team (Romano and Alaniz). Presumably Justin Miller slots in as depth at the team’s alternate site to fill in one of the slots vacated by those guys.

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