Mason Miller #22 of the San Diego Padres pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals during the eighth inning at Petco Park on August 01, 2025 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images) (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)

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Mason Miller is closing in the World Series

By Amaury Pi-González

Former Sacramento A’s and current San Diego Padre reliever Mason Miller, one of the top flamethrower closers in the game, lasted three seasons with the Oakland A’s from 2023-25. He pitched a total of 137 2/3 innings and saved 48 games.

Now he is closing for one of the best teams in baseball, the San Diego Padres, a serious contender for the postseason, with the possibility of making it to the World Series. This was not a surprise; the A’s develop their talent, but in the end, they do not pay them, because they are cheap.

A’s fans understood this. Some were very cynical, and yes, the A’s received a top Padres prospect. One A’s fan told me, “Yes, and when that prospect plays for a couple of years with the A’s and shows everybody he is a stud, the A’s will trade him to the Yankees, where he will get paid.

“The interest [in Miller and J.P. Sears] was very high,” A’s general manager David Forst said. “Ultimately, it took a player of the caliber of De Vries to get our attention and get us to the negotiating table. … In Mason’s case, we knew it would take something special. When the Padres suggested they were open to including Leo, that’s kind of when this got serious.” If the ATH Front Office were a reality show on television, it would be cancelled in its first season. They are boring and predictable.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.

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