Mason Miller: Next Legend in Relief?

0:00San Diego Padres reliever Mason Miller is straight fire this season, dropping jaws with the shortest outings, but the wildest strikeout numbers. He spaced his 30 batter so far and fan 23 of them. That's a 76.7% strikeout rate, the best ever for A. Pitcher's first 9 appearances in over 120 years. On Thursday, he locked down his 6th save, striking out the side and the 9th against Seattle. That's the 5th time already, he's whipped every batter he faced when seeing 3 or more out of just 9 total outings. Baseball stats, Guru Sarah Langs broke it down on X, noting those 5 perfect strikeout games in a team's first 19 contests is unmatched since. At least 1900, fans and analysts are buzzing, calling him on another planet early in the year. Dig deeper, and Miller's pay screams legend status. He's got 23 punchouts and 9 in the 3rd innings, projecting to 2-0 or 2 over a full 82 in the 3rd like Aragonye's side.

1:00Young year in 2003, if he stays healthy, we could witness the next reliever snagging that hardware. Keep eyes on Miller, this run might be once in a lifetime. From your city, powered by AI, this is California News Today.