Overview
- Padres closer Mason Miller has a 0.00 ERA with 27 strikeouts and eight saves in 11.1 innings, and DraftKings lists him at +1500 with one of the five shortest NL Cy Young odds.
- MLB reporter Jon Heyman called Miller a Cy Young candidate, while noting how uncommon it is for a bullpen arm to win the award.
- CBS Sports and Fox News highlight that voters usually pick starters because of workload, and no reliever has won since Eric Gagné in 2003.
- Analysts say his case would likely require a season of extreme numbers such as a sub-1.00 ERA, a tiny WHIP, a league-leading save total, and a strikeout rate that stays near his early pace.
- San Diego is 15-7 near the top of the NL West, and his lockdown ninth innings have been central to that surge with Colorado next on the schedule.