When the Boston Red Sox traded Rubby De La Rosa and Allen Webster to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Wade Miley last week, it was viewed as one of many steps they would likely take to upgrade their rotation. But there may have been more to it than that.
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According to media reports, Miley has reportedly admitted that he clashed with his former organization about his diet. Apparently, the team wants all of its players to maintain a gluten-free diet, and Miley had no interest in doing so.
"After a while, they left me alone," Miley said. "But it was always that elephant in the room." Miley did not specifically mention the source of the clashes over his diet, but he did make a reference to being gluten-free during his interview.
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Miley went on to say that he wished the team would have been more open to tailoring an approach for each individual instead of blindly insisting that every player adheres to the same plan. "It might work for some people, but I didn't feel like it worked for me," said Miley. "I did what I felt like I needed to do to pitch every five days."
Diamondbacks GM Dave Stewart said that Miley's diet was not a factor in their decision to trade him, saying, "Wade Miley's diet was never once discussed in our internal decision-making process prior to the trade or since. We made a baseball decision that we felt was in the best interest of the D-backs and we wish Wade nothing but the best."
Regardless of diet, Miley has been a durable pitcher over the past three seasons, pitching at least 194 innings in each of them. The Red Sox will surely enjoy having a stable presence like that in the rotation after suffering numerous injuries to starting pitchers last year.
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