 He won the 2015 American League Relief Pitcher of the Year Award, the Rollie Fingers American League Relief Pitcher of the Year as voted by the Internet Baseball Writers' Association of America, and was recognized at the 2016 Thurman Munson Awards as the Yankees' "premier closer" for 2015.In the AL Cy Young Award voting, Miller placed tenth.Prior to the 2016 season, the Yankees informed Miller that he would serve as the eighth-inning setup man with the acquisition of Aroldis Chapman, considered one of baseball's top closers.