Mason James Miller¡is married, Jordan¡played collegiately at Waynesburg University in Pennsylvania before transferring to Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina¡went 18-12 with a 3.92 ERA and 306 strikeouts in 239.0 innings over five seasons.
2023
Made his Major League debut in just his third professional season and went 0-3 with a 3.78 ERA and .614 opponents OPS in 10 games, including six starts, in a season shortened by a four-month stay on the injured list with tightness in his right forearm...Held the opposition to a .203 batting average but walked 16 and hit three in 33.1 innings for a .309 on-base percentage...Struck out 38 for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 2.38...Yielded just two home runs...His opponents batting average broke down to .167 (8-for-48) with a .573 OPS against lefthanded hitters compared to .229 (16-for-70) with a .642 OPS against right-handers...Opponents hit .143 with the bases empty, .292 with runners on¡allowed a .304 average with runners in scoring position...Was 0-1 with a 2.76 ERA and .500 opponents OPS in five games in Oakland, 0-2 with a 4.76 ERA and .709 OPS in five games on the road¡did not allow a home run in 16.1 innings at home...Had a 10.50 ERA in the first inning but did not allow a run in the second (5.0 ip) or third (4.0 ip) inning...Tossed at least 4.0 innings and had 81 or more pitches in each of his four starts before going on the injured list¡pitched three innings or fewer and threw no more than 54 pitches in his six appearances following his return...Combined to go 1-0 with a 1.86 ERA and .478 opponents OPS in seven starts with Single-A Stockton, Double-A Midland and Triple-A Las Vegas¡the seven starts were the most of his three seasons in the Minors...Struck out 35 batters in 19.1 innings (16.30 per nine innings) and walked just five (2.33 per nine innings) for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 7.00...Allowed a .123 batting average, which broke down to .097 (3-for-31) with a .490 OPS against right-handed hitters compared to .147 (5-for-34) with a .466 OPS against left-handers¡yielded two of his three home runs and issued four of his five walks to righties...Opponents went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position and 1-for-43 (.023) with a walk and 35 strikeouts with two strikes...Did not allow a hit to the six (0-for-7), seven (0-for-6) or eight (0-for-5) hitters in the order.
2022
Was limited to just six starts as he spent most of the season on the injured list with a strained right rotator cuff¡combined to go 0-2 with a 3.86 ERA and .170 opponents batting average with the A¡¯s affiliate in the Arizona Complex League, High-A Lansing and Triple-A Las Vegas....Struck out 25 batters in 14.0 innings (16.07 per nine innings) and walked just three (1.93 per nine innings) for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 8.33....His opponents batting average broke down to .167 (3-for-18) against left-handed hitters and .172 (5-for-29) against right-handers....Opponents were 2-for-7 (.286) with runners in scoring position and 2-for-33 (.061) with two strikes....Tossed 3.0 innings twice and 2.0 innings in his other four starts...Began the season on the injured list with a strained right rotator cuff¡made one start on a rehab assignment with the A¡¯s affiliate in the Arizona Complex League on Aug. 23 against the Cubs (2.0ip, 5 so) before he was reinstated from the IL on Aug. 25 and assigned to Lansing¡went 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in three starts for the Lugnuts¡tossed a career-high 3.0 scoreless and hitless innings and struck out a career-high seven on Sept. 10 against Dayton¡ was moved up the Las Vegas on Sept. 15 and matched his career high with 3.0 scoreless innings on Sept. 17 against Tacoma (2 h, 1 bb, 3 so)¡allowed a career-high three runs on a career-high three hits in 2.0 innings on Sept. 24 against Reno and took the loss¡was 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA in his two starts with the Aviators¡pitched for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season and was 1-1 with a 3.24 ERA and .158 opponents batting average in six starts¡tied for second in the AFL in games started, ranked sixth in opponents batting average and 10th in strikeouts (20).
2021
Made his professional debut with the A¡¯s affiliate in the Arizona Complex League and was 0-1 with a 1.50 ERA and .190 opponents batting average in three games, including two starts¡ struck out nine batters in 6.0 innings and walked three¡righties were 2-for-15 (.133) against him, left-handed hitters were 2-for-6 (.333) with all three of his walks¡opponents were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position¡made his debut with a start on Sept. 9 against the Rockies (2.0ip, 2h, 2bb, 3so).
