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2023 Statistics:
36 PA,.414/.528/.483, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 13.9% K, 16.7% BB in the Florida Complex League
A:.216/.341/.297, 44 PA, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 22.7% K, 13.6% BB
Prospect rankings for 2024
FanGraphs: Fourth
Baseball Prospectus: Second Edition
Baseball America: Fourth
MLB Pipeline: nonexistent at the time of writing
Had the cosmos been shaped by nominative determinism, Aidan Miller would have been a Milwaukee Brewer. However, they passed on him in the 2023 MLB draft with the 18th pick, allowing the Phillies to select him with the 27th round. While Phillies fans are thrilled by the selection, those who enjoy puns based on stadium names will be devastated because the pick was viewed as a player whose talent should have been selected sooner rather than later. Miller is a shortstop from J.W. Woods in Florida.
Due to a broken hamate bone sustained during his senior high school season, J.W. Mitchell High School was eliminated in the first round (if that sounds familiar, you’re either an orthopaedic or you remember Mike Trout’s injury to the same bone last season). The Phillies welcomed him into the fold despite his injury being of little consequence.
This past July, Miller made his professional debut in the Florida Complex League, where he participated in ten games. Following that brief introduction, he was advanced to single-A and the Clearwater Threshers, where he played in 10 games during the regular season and made it all the way to the Florida State League championship. Although there isn’t enough data to draw any firm conclusions from his pro sample, scouts had plenty of opportunity to assess him during his time as a highly-regarded prep player.