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Tigers Sign Ryan Miller To Minor League Deal

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The Tigers have signed right-hander Ryan Miller to a minor league deal, per Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press. The righty receives an invite to big league spring training and will make a salary of $800K if he makes the major league club next year.

Miller, 29 in March, just made his major league debut with the Angels. Getting selected to the roster in late August, he tossed 13 innings for the Halos, allowing six earned runs, striking out 11 opponents while walking eight. He was designated for assignment at the end of the season when the club signed Kyle Hendricks and later released.

That’s not much of a sample to go on, so the Tigers are probably giving more weight to his minor league performance. He tossed 62 1/3 innings over 34 appearances at the Triple-A level in 2024, only allowing 2.45 earned runs per nine despite pitching in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. He paired a 24.6% strikeout rate with a 5.6% walk rate. His 2023 was somewhat similar, as he tossed 60 1/3 innings over 41 Double-A appearances in the Red Sox’ system with a 4.03 ERA, 25.8% strikeout rate and 7.3% walk rate.

The Tigers are likely intrigued by those strikeout and walk numbers, so they will bring Miller aboard for some non-roster depth. If he earns his way into a roster spot at any point, he still has a full slate of options.

Angels Release Ryan Miller

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November 13: Miller has been released by the Angels, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com.

November 7: The Angels designated righty reliever Ryan Miller for assignment, tweets Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register. That’s the associated 40-man roster move for the Kyle Hendricks signing.

Miller, 28, earned his first major league call in August. He made 13 appearances late in the year. Miller gave up seven runs (six earned) while striking out 11 and issuing eight walks across 13 innings. The Clemson product showed a fairly typical sinker-slider combination, averaging just under 94 MPH on the fastball. While he didn’t miss many bats in his brief MLB look, he’s coming off a nice year in Triple-A. Miller tossed 62 1/3 innings of 2.45 ERA ball in Salt Lake. He struck out around a quarter of opponents while keeping his walks to a tidy 5.6% clip.

The Halos acquired Miller last offseason, grabbing him from the Red Sox in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 draft. They have five days to explore trade possibilities but are likelier to try to run him through outright waivers.

Angels Place Matt Moore On Injured List, Select Ryan Miller

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The Angels announced Tuesday that they’ve selected the contract of right-hander Ryan Miller from Triple-A Salt Lake. In a pair of corresponding moves, the Halos placed lefty Matt Moore on the 15-day injured list and transferred Mike Trout from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL.

Moore exited his most recent appearance due to an elbow issue. The Angels have not yet commented on the severity of the issue, nor did they even list a specific injury in their formal announcement of today’s transaction. It’s been a tough year for the 35-year-old veteran, who’s worked to a 5.03 ERA as his strikeout rate, walk rate and velocity have all trended in the wrong direction.

From 2022-23, Moore sat 94 mph with his heater and pitched to a 2.20 ERA in 126 2/3 innings, striking out 27.4% of his opponents against a 10.2% walk rate (including a career-best 6.9% walk rate last year). In 2024, however, his average fastball has dipped to 93 mph, and Moore has set down just 19.5% of his opponents on strikes while issuing free passes to 12.4% of batters faced — the second-worst mark of his big league career.

Miller, 28, will be making his big league debut more than six years after being selected by the Diamondbacks in the sixth round of the 2018 draft. He joined the Angels via the minor league phase of last year’s Rule 5 Draft and has pitched quite well. In 62 1/3 innings, he’s worked to a 2.45 ERA with a strong 24.6% strikeout rate against an excellent 5.6% walk rate. Miller has kept the ball on the ground at a 40.9% clip that’s not far below league average and yielded only 1.01 homers per nine frames pitched.

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