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Meet the Braves: Shelby Miller

April 2, 2015

SHELBY MILLER
No. 17
PITCHER

Twitter: @ShelbyMiller19
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6-foot-3
Weight: 215 pounds
Drafted: A first round pick (19th overall) by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2009 amateur draft.
Teams: Cardinals/Atlanta Braves
Contract: Miller, who made his major league debut in 2012, is abritration eligible in 2016.
Outlook: New starter with front-line potential.
What would you be doing if not playing baseball? "Aw, man. I don't know. I would probably try to go to college. If that didn't work out, I'd probably try to get involved with something to do with sports. I'm big into the outdoors so maybe hunting. Manage some kind of ranch or something like that."

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