Oswald Peraza, formerly a top-three New York Yankees prospect and a name who garnered Top 100 national attention, is as close as he can possibly be to flaming out at his first stop in the majors. Without a minor-league option to his name, Peraza has been hanging by a thread from spring training to the present day, begging to be replaced. Oswaldo Cabrera's tragic injury briefly spared his roster spot and allowed him a shot at rejuvenation, but it has not worked. Monday night's ugly, inning-extending error in Toronto may have expedited his departure. It's depressing. It's reality. It's something Peraza is reckoning with everyday.
And yet, for whatever reason, Yankees beat writer Randy Miller just had to remind him of the incoming guillotine on Monday with a question that could be described as caustic and insensitive, and was, in the most generous interpretation, unnecessary.
"How disappointing is it that you haven't been able to take this opportunity and make the most of it so far?" Miller asked, leading into the bombshell with the helpful note that "a lot of people have been waiting a while for your career to take off".
Peraza, to his credit, responded through a translator that he's always tried to "focus on the work and the things he can control" in assessing his career, acknowledging that he's yet to provide the numbers he's long sought. He handled a tough situation with aplomb, but still, the probing only reinforced something he already knew about his career to date; there was no reason to rub reality in with all that preamble.
Clint Frazier, whose beef with Miller is well-documented, and who's accused the beat writer of both following him around the minors and making his early MLB career hell by peddling false narratives, did not let this opportunity for a shot slip past him, either.
look at my boy randy asking another shit question to a player. the best part about this question is randy is definitely searching for a headline but nobody falls for his clickbait anymore 😭
Clint Frazier takes another shot at Yankees beat writer Randy Miller after Oswald Peraza question
Frazier told Barstool Sports several years ago that Miller once sprinted across the locker room to confront him, following an offhand remark he made while the credentialed reporter was harping on Miguel Andújar's defensive miscues. Sounds familiar.
This isn't Miller's first uncomfortable moment with a young Yankee, and somehow it feels nowhere close to being his last. You can bet Frazier will reappear whenever another awkward missive fails to land on its intended subject.
