Major Leaguer resume Vol.82/WBC Player’s resume Vol.68: Miles Mikolas(St.Louis Cardinals) :Major Candidate for Team USA:“1 more out for a no-hitter!”

Today's player's resume concerns the St.Louis Cardinals pitcher, Miles Mikolas. Mikolas is from Florida, the United States, and will play for Team USA in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

The KAISPO's baseball analyst said,
"Mikolas is a starting pitcher who can throw fast and breaking balls as he chooses. After the influence of right arm flexor surgery for about two years, he healthily played in 2022, winning double-digit games(12) for the first time since becoming a wins leader with 18 wins. Although Mikolas does not strike out a lot, he can get a strikeout according to the situation, mixing mainly two fastballs and two breaking balls. The righty will be expected as a starter to keep the team in a game solidly."

Mikolas was drafted by the San Diego Padres with the 204th overall pick in the 7th round of the 2009 MLB draft. He has played for the Padres, Texas Rangers, and the Cardinals in MLB.

The right-hander made his big-league debut against the Miami Marlins on May 5, 2012. He took the mound in the ninth, giving up a solo homer, and striking out two. Mikolas pitched 25 times as a starter, notching 2-1 with a 3.62 ERA and 23 strikeouts in his first year.

On July 2, 2014, the 34-year-old righty made his Rangers debut, in which he tossed 5 1/3 frames on three hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts in a 6-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. He, however, picked up his first Ranger win on July 21, 2014, giving up four hits and two runs and fanning three across 7 1/3 innings in a 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees.

Mikolas played for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan from 2015 to 2017. He successfully recorded 31-13 with a 2.18 ERA and 378 strikeouts over 424.2 innings in 62 contests, becoming a strikeouts leader with 187 in 2017.

After the 2017 season, he returned to Major League to have a contract with the Cardinals and marked 18-4 with a 2.83 ERA in 32 starts to lead the National League in wins in his first St.Louis year of 2018. In 2022 to return to the team from right arm flexor surgery, Mikolas won 12 games(13 losses) with an ERA of 3.29 in 33 appearances.

Miles Mikolas has been 45-40 with a 3.70 over 115 games covering 723 frames in his seven Major League seasons at the end of the 2022 campaign.
(MLB No.372  KAISPO No.1552)