Bobby Miller's disaster vs. Marlins should officially remove him from Dodgers playoff roster

If there was any goodwill left among Dodgers fans for Bobby Miller, he burned it entirely on Tuesday night against the Marlins. Apart from one last series against the Padres, what's left of LA's schedule should be a cakewalk. They'll see the Marlins, Rockies, Padres, and Rockies again en route to October, and while there's no question that the Dodgers are headed to the postseason, they're still fighting to clinch a bye and to prove that they might actually be competitive this time around.

When the Dodgers put Miller on the mound, they do not look competitive. With the exception of a single excellent outing against the Padres in his first start of the year, Miller has been hurt, been demoted, and has looked absolutely terrible in the in-between. His ERA through his latest start is 8.52, but it's 9.54 when you don't count his season debut.

In two innings against the worst team in the National League, Miller gave up seven hits, a walk, and four earned runs. The only "good" thing about his outing is that he didn't give up a home run for the first time since his first start of the season, and that's far from being a comfort.

After the game, Miller was still adamant that he'd come back stronger. While it's good and necessary that players maintain a certain level of perseverance and self-assuredness, the Dodgers cannot afford to sit around and wait for that elusive day to come, if it ever does. If he was still being considered for a postseason rotation spot, he shouldn't be any longer.

Bobby Miller's latest blowup against Marlins should take him off Dodgers' postseason roster completely

We understand that options are few for the Dodgers at the moment. Tyler Glasnow and Clayton Kershaw aren't coming back. Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jack Flaherty are the only two reliable options, even though Walker Buehler did look better in his latest start. The fourth spot seems to be up for grabs, with the Dodgers having to choose between Miller and Landon Knack, and Miller's complete breakdown against the 56-95 Marlins should make that decision easy.

At this point, Miller probably shouldn't even be a part of the postseason bullpen, which also gave up seven runs after Miller's two innings to hand the Marlins the win. The Dodgers have given some strange allowances to Glasnow and Buehler this season, letting both of them just leave the team entirely to work through their injuries alone; it's bizarre, and not necessarily something that should become a regular practice, but with the Triple-A season over, letting Miller wander off wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

With Miller on the mound, the Dodgers look like a team that their NLDS opponents will be able to pick off in three games, just like last year. They didn't look like a real contender on Tuesday, and they won't if they move forward with Miller in the rotation.