Is Mason Miller Destined to Be Traded Before the Deadline?
At 27 years old, Mason Miller has established himself as the top closer in MLB, generating substantial buzz in front office circles before the deadline.
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Mason Miller's shutting people down.
This guy's ridiculous.
I mean How old is Mason Miller?
Like, how many years i- 'Cause not everyone wants to be a closer, so they don't kind of accept this role this early in- My guess is he's 33 in, in their career.
32, 33.
No.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Gabe.
He's 27.
Oh, he's- Mason Miller 27.
Oh, yes, he's a little younger than I thought.
Yeah, yeah.
I thought he was a little older.
That's Because no, because Gabe, usually guys that have his kind of stuff, they're like- It's a good point.
Yeah, yeah, yeah Sasaki, right?
You're like, "I wanna..." Like, Mason Miller, Gabe, could go down as, I know you hate when I do this, but it is what it is, if he stays on the trajectory, he'll go down as one of the five greatest closers in the history of baseball.
He has to stay on the trajectory, but- Yeah that's- Yes and no that's where we are.
That's where we are.
Like- Yeah, you know what, though?
My whole deal with, with closers is, is has he ever done, is he doing it in, like, big games?
You know what I mean?
See, I actually wouldn't agree with that- Like he- with a closer like- I think every game's big if you're a closer.
It's always a save opportunity.
Like, like I'm just saying though, but, but there's a difference if you're on a crappy team, if not.
There's not the same pressure.
Like, put it this way, like, he could have better numbers than Mariano Rivera, but is he Mariano Rivera?
Like, did he do in a little series on a- No, I didn't- like differently, you know what I mean?
Like- No, that's- That's my whole point Joe Lisi used to do that to me.
I would say, "Ladd McConkie's good at football."
He goes, "So you're saying he's Jamal Chase?"
"You're saying he's Justin Jefferson?"
Yeah.
He's Justin Jeff- I go, "I'm certainly not."
"I'm certainly not doing that."
I wouldn't do that.
Well, you said best ever- I didn't say Mason Miller- so I was like, oh I said top five.
I said one of the best ever in top five.
Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, top five, yeah.
You know?
No, he is.
He is.
I mean- He is.
He is.
Although, and once again, I always have a but.
I always have a but.
Although, and I'm not Listen, there's no effing way I'm gonna die on a hill.
He's overrated.
I'm not There's no way in hell I'm, hell I'm gonna die on a hill arguing against a guy that hasn't got, like, given up a single hit this year or whatever.
You know, like, I'm not like I'm saying, "Nah, he's overrated."
I, I can get into LeBron if you want.
But I'm not gonna get into a Mason Miller- Right.
His ERA is like a .8.
My only thing I'll say- O- like my only thing I'll say is, I don't know, everybody strikes out now.
Like, baseball's a little different.
Like- Yeah the, the, the stats are different now.
I'm, I am fascinated to see if they trade this kid, man.
I, I mean, th- this Padres team is just the most fascinat- They might be the most interesting team in baseball.
Yeah, I don't know.
He- They're kind of like- I don't believe they're trading him personally they just- I always think they're gonna surprise people, and they're gonna, they're gonna acquire somebody.
Like, they always surprise people.
They're the only team that enters every deadline regardless of the record, buyers and sellers.
They will do both.
Who- They don't care.
They will trade Miller- What do you really get?
And bring- What are you gonna get for Miller, too?
People So I saw- As good as he is, he's a closer I saw a pass-in quote that apparently the Padres have said to teams, "Just to be very clear, don't tell us someone's off limits.
If you call for Mason Miller-" Yeah, I know don't go, This guy's off limits."
That's not how they So their thought game is they're putting in- Yeah, if you want one of the greatest, greatest closers of all time, then you're gonna have to pay for him.
Yeah.
Correct.
Yeah, they don't want to hear- What's his contract though?
Listen, how- What's his contract?
He hasn't even hit arbitration, Gabe.
I mean, he's, he's a pup.
He's a pup.
Like, i- in, in baseball terms.
Yeah, he's only in his second deal here, 27 years old.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So you're dealing with club control, and I mean, listen, if they put a salary cap in, by the time it would be to pay Mason Miller, I mean, closers will be making, like, 11 million bucks.
That's- I see this right now, Kevin.
He grew up a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Uh-oh.
Imagine Hamish Skeens- You know what?
I got- on the same team.
I got, I got real nervous you were gonna say the LA Dodgers.
Oh, what?
The, the LA Dodgers.
Yeah, yeah.
This conversation turning from Mason Miller isn't that good to he's gonna be a Dodger, I was a little nervous.
No, no, no, no.
We, we, we got, we got- Yeah, yeah, yeah we got Edwin Diaz.
We're good.
We're good.
Edwin's back.
Do you?
Yeah, we're good.
Do you?
Wait, what is this?
As long as he doesn't get- Is Edwin back?
As long as he doesn't get arrested, for cockfighting, we should be all right.
Is he healthy?
What is Edwin's deal?
I haven't seen Edwin Diaz- Yeah, he's- since, he's not still in the They're gonna a- activate him.
Yeah, here it is.
When do they activate this guy?
This is b- This is from four hours ago, actually.
Here we go.
The Dodgers just activated him.
There it is.
He's pitching tonight.
Happy Edwin Diaz Day.
They reactivated him.
There he is.
I told you he's back.
Yeah, yeah, like No, I knew he was back, Kevin.
Like, he worked out with the team the other day, pitched, like- Yeah, yeah, yeah and he's been with the team type thing.
Like, he's been throwing simulated games, blah, blah- Wow and all that type stuff against the team.
So yeah, he's back.
No way.
Speak of the devil.
Diaz activated today and is available tonight for the Dodgers.
