Miles Mikolas Stats
- Height / Weight
- 6' 4" / 230 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- 8/23/1988 (35)
- Experience
- 7
- College
- Nova Southeastern (FL)
Miles Mikolas Season Stats
Last 10 Games
Miles Mikolas News
St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas will make his return to the starting rotation on Tuesday to face the Tampa Bay Rays after serving his five-game suspension. Mikolas was suspended for throwing at Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ on July 27. The 34-year-old will be on six days of rest this week, but he will still be a pretty shaky option for fantasy managers in a tough matchup against the Rays. On the season, Mikolas has gone 6-7 with a 4.29 ERA (3.76 FIP), 1.29 WHIP, 26 walks and 94 strikeouts in 134 1/3 innings over 24 starts. The two-time All-Star's weak 6.6 career K/9 gives him a relatively low fantasy ceiling.
St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said that right-hander Miles Mikolas dropped the appeal of his MLB-mandated five-game suspension and will begin serving it on Wednesday. Mikolas was suspended for intentionally hitting Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ on July 27. His next start on the mound will come on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays next Tuesday. The 34-year-old hurler has made a league-high 24 starts so far in 2023 and has gone 6-7 with a 4.29 ERA (3.77 FIP), 1.29 WHIP, 26 walks and 94 strikeouts in 134 1/3 innings pitched. Mikolas has been quite solid, but his weak 6.6 career K/9 doesn't give fantasy managers a ton of upside. His matchup against the Rays next week will be one to fade him in.
St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas is lined up to start on Tuesday against the visiting Minnesota Twins. It will be right-hander Jack Flaherty's turn in the starting rotation, but the sense internally is it's not fair to ask Flaherty to prepare to start given the possibility that he's traded at Tuesday's Aug. 1 trade deadline. Mikolas is appealing the five-game suspension that he received from the league for intentionally throwing at Ian Happ in his last start. The 34-year-old will be well-rested after throwing just 14 pitches before being ejected in his last start. He's gone 6-6 this year with a 4.38 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 87 K's in 127 1/3 innings (23 starts). Mikolas finished the month of July with a 4.18 ERA (3.42 FIP), only three walks and 17 strikeouts in 28 innings over six starts.
Batting Order
| 1 | Tommy Edman |
| 2 | Lars Nootbaar |
| 3 | Jordan Walker |
| 4 | Luken Baker |
| 5 | Richie Palacios |
| 6 | Andrew Knizner |
| 7 | Jose Fermin |
| 8 | Irving Lopez |
| 9 | Masyn Winn |
Miles Mikolas Stats
Last 10 Games
Batting Order
| 1 | Tommy Edman |
| 2 | Lars Nootbaar |
| 3 | Jordan Walker |
| 4 | Luken Baker |
| 5 | Richie Palacios |
| 6 | Andrew Knizner |
| 7 | Jose Fermin |
| 8 | Irving Lopez |
| 9 | Masyn Winn |
St. Louis Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas had his first productive season since 2018, going 12-13 with a 3.29 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, and a career-high 19% strikeout rate. His arsenal remained the same as he threw a four-seam fastball (27.4%), slider (25.4%), sinker (22.3%), curveball (20.8%), and changeup (4%). However, Mikolas' best swing-and-miss pitch, the slider, took a big hit in whiff rate, dropping 6.1 percentage points. Overall, his whiff rate increased from 2021 but was still just 18.5% and was the second-worst mark of his career. Mikolas knows how to limit hard contact with a career 87.6 MPH average exit velocity but still carries a career .410 xSLG, including a .400 mark this season. The 34-year-old relied on ground balls the last four seasons (48.9% ground ball rate), so if he can't generate more than he did during 2022 when he posted a 45.9% rate, he might find it hard to limit the damage. He's always going to be one of the best command pitchers, but with a strikeout rate that will likely regress, it might be hard for Mikolas to overcome a BABIP that will increase from this season's .249. He could find a way to be serviceable again in 2023. However, Mikolas owns a 4.10 FIP over the past three seasons, and his volatile approach to pitching isn't trustworthy. The best thing fantasy managers might get from Mikolas is double-digit wins, which isn't worth his 234 ADP.
