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Miller has been involved in a pro ball since he was drafted by the New York Mets in 1973. An outfielder, he had an eight-year minor-league career as a player before getting into managing and coaching.

Miller had been with the Blue Jays since 2010. He had worked largely in a roving instructor or adviser role, with this year’s stint with the C’s his first managing duty since taking over running the Vancouver dugout midway through the 2011 campaign due to John Schneider’s leave of absence. The C’s, then in their first year as a Toronto affiliate, won the first of three straight Northwest League crowns that season.

You can argue that the Blue Jays don’t have any roving instructor or adviser jobs available. Toronto has rebuilt the top of its player development department since president Mark Shapiro and general manager Ross Atkins took over running the team in late 2015. Gil Kim was named director of player development in January, 2016, and Eric Wedge was named player development adviser a month later, although he’s listed as field coordinator now.

You can argue, too, that Miller, at his age, is too old to work as a manager.

Of course, you can also argue that he seemed to make a connection with this year’s C’s, and they’ll seemingly make up a chunk of the next core for the Blue Jays.

For his part, Miller admits he’s already reached out to “several teams,” so he’s obviously keen on being somewhere in pro ball next year.

“The timing might be right to get into professional scouting,” he explained, “but I thoroughly enjoyed managing in Vancouver this past season.

“As much as I enjoyed managing, I enjoyed my time being a senior adviser, which involves working with all players in the organization and evaluating staff members. I also enjoyed my time as an outfield, baserunning and bunting coordinator.”

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