Bobby

Miller

The 26-year-old hurler was called up from Triple-A on Saturday to add a fresh arm to the bullpen and he gave up one run on two hits over his two innings of work against the Mets. He’ll return to the rotation at Triple-A Oklahoma City where he’ll stay ready until the Dodgers’ need him again. Chris Stratton was added to the roster in a corresponding move on Sunday.

Miller is up to give the Dodgers a potential multi-inning option after their 13-inning game against the Mets on Saturday. The Dodgers optioned Matt Sauer to make room for Miller on the roster.

Miller heads to Citi Field as extra long relief depth behind starter Tony Gonsolin after the Dodgers burned through nearly their entire bullpen during Friday’s 13-inning marathon in New York. The hard-throwing 26-year-old righty has become the modern-era’s equivalent of Michael Pineda in the sense that he experienced immediate success at the highest level as a rookie back in 2023, but has struggled to regain that form ever since. He’s made one appearance this season for Los Angeles and holds a pedestrian 4.63 ERA at the Triple-A level.

He struck out seven and walked four on the day, so the command is still something he needs to work on. He has 29 walks to 31 strikeouts in 35 innings at Triple-A this season while posting a 4.63 ERA. He’s still a long way from pushing his way back into the Dodgers’ rotation, but this is just a reminder that the 26-year-old remains talented.

Miller has a 3.86 ERA for Oklahoma City, but it comes with 22 walks and 15 strikeouts in 21 innings. It’s the opposite of the issue he had in his one major league start last month, when he posted a 7/1 K/BB in three innings but gave up eight hits and six runs anyway. Unfortunately, any hopes of him putting things back together right away this year have been dashed.

Miller was going to head back to Oklahoma City even if he pitched well Wednesday, but it’s worth noting that the 26-year-old scuffled while allowing six runs in his start against the Rockies. The right-hander will likely get back at some point with Los Angeles in coming weeks/months, but for now he’ll head back to OKC with a corresponding move to be announced Friday.

Miller was making his first start of the 2025 season, and it’s hard to fathom it went how he wanted it to. Fortunately for him and the fantasy managers who streamed him against the lowly Rockies, he received seven runs of support while he was in, so he wasn’t charged with a loss. He did strike out seven, but he allowed eight hits as well, with two of those hits leaving the ballpark. The biggest blow was a grand slam by Michael Toglia, but he pitched shakily — to put it nicely — for most of the contest. There’s no start scheduled, but if Miller does get another outing, it’ll likely come against the Cubs on Wednesday.

Miller will make his long-awaited season debut on Wednesday night against the Rockies. The 26-year-old former top pitching prospect offers some real intrigue for fantasy purposes if his stuff looks as potent as it did during the early stages of spring training before he was struck in the head by a line drive. He’s worthy of a speculative roster spot in deeper mixed leagues based on his immense raw talent alone.

Bobby Miller is set to start on Wednesday against the Rockies, so the Dodgers will clear space by moving Knack down. Knack looked better in his second start of the season on Tuesday night, but his spot in the rotation won’t come up until next week, and the Dodgers are hopeful that Blake Snell may be ready to return by then. If not, the Dodgers could still call Knack back up, but it’s interesting to note that, once this move is processed, Knack will only have one more minor league option remaining, so the Dodgers are getting close to the point where they can’t keep bringing him up and down.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made it official that Miller will make his season debut on Wednesday night in Los Angeles with a tasty matchup against a free-falling Colorado lineup. It’s an excellent spot for streaming purposes, especially if Miller looks like he did in the early stages of spring training before he was struck by a line-drive that derailed his ramp-up process. He’s at least worthy of a speculative pickup in deeper mixed leagues, even if it’s just a one-time spot start.