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Atlanta Braves Prospects: Kyle Muller Scouting Report

By Jake Mastroianni

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 26: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Kyle Muller #66 of the Atlanta Braves in action against the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 26, 2021 in New York City. The Braves defeated the Mets 2-0. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 26: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Kyle Muller #66 of the Atlanta Braves in action against the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 26, 2021 in New York City. The Braves defeated the Mets 2-0. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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Madison Bumgarner #40 of the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images)
Madison Bumgarner #40 of the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images) /

Kyle Muller — Ceiling and Comparisons

The Ceiling 

Part of me wants to believe Muller has a ceiling as a number two starter, but I just can’t get on board with that after watching him a few more times again.

I do think he has a pretty safe ceiling as a number three if he can learn to command his pitches better and attack the zone.

He has the pitches to be an effective big leaguer as we’ve already seen, now it’s just about finding that consistency.

Comparisons

Very different arm action, but as far as size and pitch mix goes, Muller is actually very comparable to Madison Bumgarner.

The big difference there is the command with Bumgarner having one of the best BB% in all of baseball early in his career at around 4-5 percent, while Muller is struggling at around 12 percent.

But MadBum was primarily four-seam, slider, and curveball coming up and even had years where he threw his slider more than his fastball, which I could see Muller doing at times.

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