The Chicago Cubs have added a bit more upper-level minor league depth on the positional side, signing utility man Owen Miller to a minor league deal, per the team’s transaction log.
Miller, 29, has spent some time in the big leagues in each of the last five seasons, after coming up as a notable Padres and then Guardians prospect (you may remember his name from the big pandemic season trade that saw the Padres sending him, Austin Hedges, Cal Quantrill, Josh Naylor, Gabriel Arias, and Joey Cantillo to the Guardians (then Indians) for Mike Clevinger, Greg Allen, and Matt Waldron). Although he can play any position outside of shortstop, catcher, and center field, Miller hasn’t been able to stick in the big leagues. He most recently saw a little time with the Rockies, but didn’t really hit much at Triple-A.
(via FanGraphs)Before 2025, though, Miller spent a couple years as an up-down guy with the Brewers, hitting at a league average clip at Triple-A, but not replicating it in limited opportunities in the big leagues. In 2023, he would’ve overlapped with Craig Counsell, and was a pretty useful bench guy for the Brewers that year.
For the Cubs, Owen Miller is additional Spring Training competition for the bench, though he’s more likely to serve as depth at Triple-A Iowa in the event a need surfaces and the Cubs don’t like their other options. The Cubs have loaded up on depth additions in the outfield, and you could fold Miller into that group if you wanted. But his ability to play first, second, and third base helps even more on the depth side of the ledger. Miller joins Ben Cowles (waiver claim) and Karson Simas (minor league signing) as recent depth additions for the Triple-A infield group, with Scott Kingery having signed back at the start of the offseason.
Also, yes, I have to say it: in the still-quite-unlikely event that the big league Cubs trade an infielder before the season starts, they’ll want to have loaded up on as much infield depth as possible, just in case.
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