PT TOMORROW: NL West—Is Miller's welcome wearing out?

Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona cashed in several major chips to acquire Shelby Miller (RHP, ARI) this past offseason, and while it's only mid-May, the early results have been nothing short of disastrous. Miller has a 7.36 ERA through seven starts and the underlying skills paint a similarly ugly picture: 6.03 xERA, 20/21 K/BB, -47 BPV. With PQS-DISaster starts in five of his seven outings, along with his complete loss of control, Arizona may have to swallow the pill and boot Miller from the rotation until he figures things out.

Archie Bradley (RHP, ARI) has already made a pair of spot starts for Arizona—his most recent being a PQS-1 outing on May 9 at Coors Field. Bradley was plagued by shoulder problems in 2015, but has recently rebounded...

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