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I hadn't realized how rare Miller was until I read that set of articles you linked to. Gives me a whole new perspective on our infield - of the four positions where lefty hitters are the rarest (from least to most - 3b, C, 2b, SS) we we have three, with at least one of them with the chance to be top 10 all time, and another lefty 2b sitting in the outfield. How rare, and how awesome is that?
Last year's lack of righty protection made it easy to stack the pitching staff against us - we faced lefties 35% of the time over the course of the season, with the Giants next highest at 32.7%, the average team somewhere around 28%, and the Pirates all the way down at 21.5%.
I'd say we did a pretty good job of addressing that imbalance (Nelson Cruz 2014 wRC+ vs left: 169, 132 career, Justin Ruggiano, 129 and 128, and lest we forget Jesus, 131 career). Cruz faced lefties at a 22% clip last year, and 25% for his career.
I suspect both of those percentages are going to change this year.
Can we throw out the first pitch already?