Wade Miley still settling in with Orioles after July trade, anxious for better results

When Wade Miley was traded from Seattle to Baltimore a month ago Tuesday, it was the third trade for the veteran left-hander in 20 months.That was seen as something that could help him adapt quickly, but in-season trades are different. As he looks to end his first month with the Orioles on a high note Monday against the division-leading Blue Jays, Miley says the pressure might have lessened after he pitched well in a win last week over the Washington Nationals.&quot;It's a little tough getting traded,&quot; Miley said. &quot;You come to a team, and you want to do well. This was a team in first place pushing for a playoff spot, and I haven't done as good as I've wanted to. Each start, you kind of put a little more pressure on yourself. Let's go now. Let's go now. I think finally [Wednesday] I was just able to relax a little bit and say, you know what? Have fun. It wasn't what I wanted, it wasn't the best, but it was better.&quot;In allowing two runs on seven hits and striking out six in five innings of work Wednesday, Miley bounced back from a disastrous five-out, six-run start against Houston and earned his first win with the Orioles. In five starts since joining the team, he's 1-2 with an 8.18 ERA, and is 8-10 with a 5.51 ERA overall.He wants better from himself, even if the circumstances aren't easy.&quot;You spend most of the year in Seattle and then in the blink of an eye, you're in a whole new clubhouse with a whole new group of guys, which has been great,&quot; Miley said. &quot;They've been great to me. I just want to do my part here and help out. They set goals at the beginning of the year, and now I just hop in on them. I want to help them accomplish their goals.&quot;Miley, who came up with the Arizona Diamondbacks and was traded to the Boston Red Sox ahead of the 2014 season and the Mariners last offseason, knows that baseball is a business and views the trades as someone wanting him, not as his current team no longer desiring his presence.The trade wasn't the only turmoil in Miley's life in August. He's a lifelong Louisiana resident who went to school at Southeastern Louisiana, which is right outside of Baton Rouge, the site of massive flooding earlier this month. Miley said there was some flooding, but nothing in his family's houses.&quot;My thoughts and prayers go out to the people who were affected down there, but that's not the reason for why I've pitched the way I've pitched,&quot; he said. &quot;It's definitely not anything to do with that.&quot;Nor is the fact that he and his wife, Katy, are expecting their first child near the end of September. She's back home in Louisiana, and he's adjusting to life in Baltimore on his own.It's a lot to process, but Miley has not carried any of that to the ballpark.&quot;I never looked at it that way, you know?&quot; he said. &quot;This is my job. Every five days, I've got to go out and give whatever team I'm on, right now the Baltimore Orioles, a chance to win. That's my goal.&quot;Teammates have seen that as well, and are pulling for Miley to get the results he's been hoping for.&quot;He's got that weird mix of being kind of quiet but at the same time very outgoing, but he seems like a great guy, everything that I know about him so far,&quot; starting pitcher Kevin Gausman said. &quot;We seem to know a lot of the same people just because he's from right around where I live now, went to college really kind of in Baton Rouge in Hammond. He's a great guy, and he's kind of had a tough season and I know he's been frustrated, but [Wednesday] I think was kind of a step toward what he's really done his whole career. I think he knows what he's capable of, and we know what he is too.&quot;jmeoli@baltsun.comtwitter.com/JonMeoli

Wade Miley still settling in with Orioles after July trade, anxious for better results

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