Wyatt Mills: Mills joined the Red Sox after an under-the-radar trade with the Royals, hoping for a Schreiber-like breakout season
When the Red Sox traded for Wyatt Mills, the subsequent move to make room on the 40-man roster was to designate veteran Eric Hosmer for assignment. At the time, there was far more emphasis placed on the departure of Hosmer than the addition of Mills.
The 2022 stats for Mills don't exactly jump off the page (29.1 IP, 4.60 ERA, 1.33 WHIP). The 28-year-old righty who throws from "down under" has made 39 career appearances across 2 big-league seasons with the Mariners and Royals.
Wyatt Mills' arm slot looks very familiar, too; it didn't take long for comparisons to be made to Red Sox reliever John Schreiber. The video overlay of the two guys throwing a pitch seems pretty convincing, but you can be the judge of that.
I can’t wait for Wyatt Mills and John Schreiber to become best friends.
— Tyler Milliken ⚾️ (@tylermilliken_) December 17, 2022
Mills - 87th percentile extension
Schreiber - 71st percentile extensionpic.twitter.com/uWVr9XD7I3
For the record, John Schreiber's career stats were unimpressive, just like Mills, entering the 2022 season (5.97 ERA in 31.2 innings). The Red Sox might just catch lightning in a bottle again in 2023 with Wyatt Mills. Only time wil tell.