Padres' Mason Miller putting up stats that can't be human
He might be more unhittable at the moment than any other hitter in baseball history.
Padres' Mason Miller putting up stats that can't be human originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Mason Miller, as they say, pitches as if brought down from a higher league.
Really, the San Diego Padres closer pitches as if he showed up from a superior planet. If this is Major League Baseball, Miller may have previously been a member of Major Galaxy Baseball. He may be on the most unhittable run of any pitcher in the history of the sport, and two stats circulating social media after his Friday night outing both sum it up in equally absurd ways.
One is this : Miller has thrown 20 balls this season. Miller has struck out 19 batters this season. MORE: Yankees outfielder once battled ostrich in 11-plate spaghetti-eating contest Of course, some of his strikes come on whiffs on nasty pitches out of the zone, but that's part of the point.
This should be impossible. The other is simple what Miller has done to the last 18 hitters he's faced: 17 strikeouts and 1 groundout. Mason Miller against the last 18 hitters he’s faced: K, K, K, K, K, K, K, K, K, K, GO, K, K, K, K, K, K, K 🤯 pic.