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Erik Miller had an idea that he had been traded to the Boston Red Sox on Monday, but he wasn't going to change his routine until he received confirmation from the San Francisco Giants.
If you've ever met baseball players, you'd know that routine is everything.
“I was like, ‘If no one is coming up to me or calling me, I’ll just go about my business,’” Miller said in appearance on "Baseball Isn't Boring" with Audacy's Rob Bradford.
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Miller decided that despite seeing his name pop up on the ticker on MLB Network, he was going to go out and play catch prior to his now-former club's matchup against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Park. The Giants were wrapping up yet another deal that would send outfielder Heliot Ramos to the New York Yankees before sending someone out onto the field to inform the left-hander that he needed to meet with president of baseball operations Buster Posey.
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“I needed to throw. I don’t like skipping days throwing, so if someone has to come out and pull me off the field that’s fine," Miller said. "… I got through like 90% of my routine, but then they were like, ‘You have to get off the field. You’re not on the team anymore.’”
Miller didn't expect the trade, admitting that he though the club would be more focused on getting out from underneath expiring contracts, but was ultimately flipped for former top prospect Marcelo Mayer.
The Red Sox quickly put their new bullpen arm to use, as he struck out the only batter he faced in his debut with the club on Tuesday against the Chicago White Sox -- just the first of what should be many appearances for an organization well on its way to the postseason.
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