Twenty-five-year-old Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller has appeared in six games this season, all starts, including Tuesday’s ugly 10-1 loss to the National League Central first-place Milwaukee Brewers. He has tossed a combined 25.0 innings and has faced 109 opposing batters. He has allowed 17 runs on 25 hits, which includes five home runs. He has walked 15 batters while striking out 25.

One of those five home runs was a devastating grand slam by former Dodgers utility infielder/outfielder Trea Turner in the bottom of the fourth inning that turned a 4-0 deficit into an 8-0 disaster. He entered Tuesday’s contest with a 1-1 record and a 6.12 ERA, which is now 1-2 and 8.07.

“You face a team like that, and you just make like un-executed pitches, they put good swings on it every time, there’s some unlucky stuff in there as well,” Miller told SportsNet LA’s Kirsten Watson postgame. “You know, I didn’t think that grand slam was hit too hard, but you know, at the same time, it wasn’t a great pitch, so they’re gonna capitalize on that, so, yeah, I got some work to do.”

“You know, I think, you know, with Bobby, early, he just didn’t really have good command of the secondary pitches, all of them,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters postgame. “I think there was some good pitches in there, but as far as the consistency, getting ahead, putting hitters away when he had count leverage, he just wasn’t able to do that,” Roberts added.

So, where to from here for Miller?

To be brutally honest and meaning no disrespect whatsoever to the extremely polite Elk Grove Village, IL native and Dodgers first-round draft pick in 2020 out of the University of Louisville, Miller – and the Dodgers – would be best served if he did his “work” at Triple-A Oklahoma City or perhaps even Double-A Tulsa to improve his “…command of the secondary pitches, all of them.”

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