Bryce Miller injury: Mariners Pitching makes another big hit

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The hits always come for the rotation of the Seattle Mariners and not for the way they want. Bryce Miller became the youngest starter with injury and landed on Wednesday on the 15-day injured list with the right-wing elbow inflammation. An MRI revealed no structural damage, and the team is still confident that it is a short -term setback, but it is another blow for a staff who is already running a limit.

Miller joins the all-stars Logan Gilbert and George Kirby on the IL and deepens a crisis of depth that has brewed quietly throughout the season. For Miller it is the first arm edition of his career and his first recording on the injured list. And it comes in a year in which he has not quite looked at that he carries a 5.22 ERA through eight starts and fights both with command and speed.

Bryce Miller had an MRI on Monday evening and there was no structural damage in his elbow. He is confident that he will only need the minimum stay. pic.twitter.com/ny7hrwuahi

– Adam Jude (@a_jude) May 14, 2025

The right-hander received a cortisone injection on Tuesday after the club had checked the MRI results from the day before. His last Fastball on Sunday rose with only 90.7 miles per hour, a severe decline compared to his season average of 2024 of 95 miles per hour. His Walk rate has also dealt dramatically with 12.1% this season, almost twice as high as in 6.4% of last year. Miller revealed that the symptoms were traced back to the end of last season, but medication and treatment made it possible for him to assert himself.

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Push through and impressively. In 2024 he ended with a 2.94 ERA over 180 1/3 innings, including a dominant 1.94 ERA in his last 15 starts. This route believed that he was ready to consolidate his place on Seattle's rotation.

The time of the Bryce Miller injury could not be worse

Gilbert is still working back from a right elbow flag, and Kirby, who was left with the right shoulder inflammation, has been over since the beginning of the season. Kirby will take a third rehabilitation start for Triple-A Tacoma on Friday, and if it runs smoothly, he could be reactivated by Seattle until the end of the upcoming road trip.

However, the Mariners have managed to survive the storm so far. Despite a recent skid, she transported a glowing crime to first place in Al West. But from Thursday, the Mariners are facing a strenuous road trip with three games with three cities without leaving and start an up-and-coming Padres team in San Diego.

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Seattle has not yet announced his pitching plans for the weekend, but there are internal discussions about bringing Bryan Woo to the Pitch Sunday. That would mean shortening his preferred six-day break to five, but it would also make it possible for the Mariners to waste one of their most effective weapons against the fighting white SOX (13-29) at the beginning of next week.

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After two straight seasons of remarkable rotation health, which the majors listed in the innings in both years, the pitching depth of the Mariners is now being tested.