Owen Miller made his first opening day big league roster when he started the season with the Cleveland Guardians. The former Redbird star, who became the 17th player in program history to make it to the big leagues when he debuted last June, started off the 2022 season hitting .409 with two home runs before winding up on the injured list.
Appears InOriginally drafted by the San Diego Padres in the third round of the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft, Miller worked his way up the minor league system. He spent time with the Padre’s minor league system in A and AA in 2018 and 2019. He was traded in 2020 to Cleveland as part of a package to send Mike Clevinger to San Diego.
During his time at Illinois State, Miller earned All-Missouri Valley Conference first team and was named first-team All-Region and third-team All-American by ABCA/Rawlings. In 2018, he slashed .384/.433/.537 with the team’s top batting average and a team-leading 88 hits, which is the most in any season for a Redbird.
