Noah Miller is a shortstop in the Dodgers system who is one of the best infielders in ALL of Minor League Baseball. He won the Gold Glove for shortstops at the Minor League Level in 2023 while he was still in the Twins organization, which was right before he was traded to the Dodgers.
Background
Miller grew up in Wisconsin, a big Gavin Lux fan, and for very natural reasons. Both are from Wisconsin, and Miller’s older brother played travel ball with Lux. In the off-season, he would get to hang out with Gavin and see how he did things firsthand. then, when he got traded to the Dodgers, Lux helped Miller get familiar with the organization.
Owen, his older brother, has also made the Major Leagues, so the younger Miller had 2 future Major Leaguers to learn from at an early age. It’s no wonder he grew up to love baseball and is on the doorstep of the MLB himself.
Here’s what Miller had to say about what his brother has meant to him.
You’re talking about someone who taught me almost everything I know, between him and my dad. I mean, he’s six years older than me, so I grew up getting beat up by him and learning how to be tough.
I was still young when he was in College, so I learned a ton from getting to be around that, and I was just 15 when he went into pro ball, so that gave me a great perspective on looking at Colleges, or what it would be like to get drafted.
It was a big help because everything he learned, he was teaching me, so I knew those things 6 years earlier, so it helped my process, that’s for sure.
Pro Career
Miller got drafted in 2021 out of High School by the Twins in the Competitive Balance Round A, which happens between the first and second rounds. The Competitive Balance rounds are meant to help smaller-market teams who are eligible if they are among the 10 smallest markets or have one of the 10 lowest revenue pools in MLB.
Here’s what he had to say about Draft Day
Yeah, I was committed when I was a Sophomore, but I always knew, with my brother in pro ball, that I had a chance to get drafted. I didn’t know anything going into draft day, I just had a couple of good workouts, and when the draft approached after my Senior year, I knew I had a chance late in the first round.
I got a call that the Twins were interested, then my agents called to tell me that we had a deal with the Twins. I didn’t believe it until it came up on the screen, and I was with my parents and my sister, and it was a special moment.
After getting drafted, Miller got sent to the Minor League complex of the Twins in Fort Myers, Fla., to finish out the remainder of that short season. The next year, in 2022, he spent the entire season in Low A, then spent 2023 in High A, which is when he won his Gold Glove award.
After that season, in February of 2024, the Twins traded him to the Dodgers for Manuel Margot and Rayne Doncon. He started 2024 in High A Great Lakes, then got moved to AA Tulsa at the beginning of August of that year, and started this year, 2025, with Tulsa. He then got promoted to AAA OKC on July 4th this year, which is where he currently is.
He likely would have been promoted sooner if it weren’t for a knee injury that kept him out of game action until May 9th, where he played 8 games at the Complex before being shipped to Tulsa.
The Business Side
Any time a player gets traded, but especially the first time, it’s always a weird range of emotions. You’re excited that another organization values you, but there’s a lot of unknown, and that can be unsettling.
Miller says that the process was very interesting.
It was very, very interesting. My brother had gotten traded, so I had seen that process, but I had my own take on it. Obviously it was emotional because I was leaving all my buddies with the Twins, and we had just beaten the Dodgers in the Playoffs, so that was an interesting part of it.
I came over here and met all the guys, and obviously, the Dodgers are the best, so I was very excited with the opportunity, but it was also very emotional.
The Tools
Miller is an elite defender at the shortstop position, as evidenced by the Gold Glove he won in 2023. He’s also turning himself into a very good offensive player as a switch hitter, and is having his best year this year as a pro on the offensive side of the ball.
Miller’s defense, however, is something he’s worked very hard at for as long as he’s been playing baseball.
The defense is something I’ve focused on my whole life. I’ve always loved hitting the racquetball against the wall and playing catch with myself. When I started playing travel ball, I got constant reps in our indoor facility, and I constantly got ground balls and ground balls, and you just keep getting better and better when you do that.
The instincts started to come, and I just started going out there and playing the game.
As per the offensive side, here’s what Miller had to say
I just keep trying to improve and get stronger and faster, make good decisions, and stick to the approach. In talking with our hitting coaches, that’s the big thing is sticking with what we talk about, because the Dodgers have the best hitting coaches.
Miller went on to say that his defense is likely his biggest strength, and that his bat-to-ball is pretty good, but that he needs to keep getting stronger and adding power. He also said that he needs to keep getting his knee better and get back to 100%
Finishing Up
If you’ve ever watched Miller on TV, or any kind of video, let me give you this warning, it doesn’t do him any kind of justice. Until you see him in person you can’t get a full grasp of how big he is, and how fluid he moves. You also can’t feel his competitive and positive energy through the camera either, so there’s a whole lot to like.
Miller will keep working, he’ll keep grinding, and someday soon he’ll be just like his brother, and just like Gavin Lux, 2 of his main influences, because he’ll be a Big Leaguer too.
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