Jays Minor League Watch: PCL All-Star Brad Mills Takes No-No Into 8th Inning

Coming off his recent start at the PCL All-Star game this past Wednesday, Blue Jays pitching prospect Brad Mills continued his strong season in the hitter-friendly AAA league this afternoon, taking a no-no into the 8th inning against the Tucson Padres en route to his 8th win of the season for the Las Vegas 51′s.

Mills’ attempt at the elusive PCL no-no was thwarted in the 8th inning by Matt Clark of the Padres; although, at 108 pitches when Mills departed, it was unlikely that he would have been able to complete the game anyway. The single to Clark was the only hit that Mills allowed, and he walked 2 and struck out 6 along the way to earning the victory, lowering his season ERA to a respectable 3.71.

It was a nice recovery for the AAA All-Star, who had gone through a bit of a rough patch coming into this week, having given up 26 runs over his last 31 innings for a 7.55 ERA over his last 5 starts. It is quite difficult to maintain the numbers Mills had over the first couple of months of the season in a hitter’s league, especially as a control pitcher like Mills, but this is a nice step for the 26-year old, who is having his most successful season in AAA in his career thus far, and is perhaps just an injury (or a DFA to a certain pitcher) away from getting another shot to be a back-end guy for the Blue Jays this season.