As per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, free-agent left-hander, Wade Miley has come to an agreement with the Houston Astros on a one-year deal. According to Bob Nightengale of USA Today Sports, the 32-year-old starter will earn $4.5 million plus $500,000 in incentives with the ‘Stros.
Miley experienced a resurgence with Milwaukee last season, putting up a 2.57 earned-run average over 16 starts after missing over three months of the season (right oblique; sidelined May 9 to July 12).
Over 80.2 innings pitched, Miley notched 50 strikeouts to 27 walks with a fielding independent pitching rating of 3.59, 1.215 WHIP, a .269 batting average on balls in play against, and 1.5 wins above replacement, as per FanGraphs.
Wade Miley’s career line of a 4.26 ERA, 2.27 strikeouts-to-walks ratio, 1.388 WHIP, 4.06 FIP, and .308 BABIP against when compared to his rejuvenated campaign last season surely drove his price down a bit. But this could end up being a low-risk, high-reward move for the defending AL West champs.
With Houston’s primary need lying within their depleted rotation (Lance McCullers is out for the year, Dallas Keuchel is gone — for now), Miley could be a fine complement to Justin Verlander, Gerrit Cole, and Collin McHugh.
