The Mariners announced that Bryan Woo has been reinstated from the injured list, with fellow righty Tyson Miller designated for assignment in a corresponding move.
Miller, 28, signed a minor league deal with the M’s in the offseason and was selected to the big club early in April. He has since thrown 11 2/3 innings over nine appearances with a 3.09 earned run average. He has a 26.7% strikeout rate and 2.2% walk rate. He’s been helped a bit by a .207 batting average on balls in play but his 3.85 FIP and 2.98 SIERA still suggest he’s been pretty good.
That’s a small sample size but it’s still a bit surprising that he’s been bumped off the roster, especially when the Mariners could have optioned someone like Cody Bolton or Eduard Bazardo. For whatever reason, Miller has been bumped off instead. Since he’s out of options, he had to be removed from the 40-man entirely.
The M’s will now have a week to trade Miller or pass him through waivers. The fact that he’s out of options will tamp down interest somewhat, but his decent numbers will be appealing. His 5.91 ERA in his career isn’t especially impressive but that’s in just 42 2/3 innings scattered over a five-year period. Since the start of 2021, he has a 3.85 ERA in 198 2/3 Triple-A innings, striking out 27.7% of batters faced while giving out walks at a 9.7% rate.
Miller has a previous career outright and will therefore have the right to elect free agency if he were to pass through waivers unclaimed.
Six man rotation?
Does anybody remember Felix Rodriguez???
Jacoby Ellsbury probably does. He went 0 for 9 with a walk against King Felix. Not exactly HOF numbers. LOL
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JEHOF with continued nonsense. Are you the world’s worst bot?
I guess they only have room for one Miller on their team. Maybe they flipped a coin. And Brice Miller won.
Yes if Bryce lost then he would have been taken out back to see Jerry’s cool 12 gauge
Baltimore should take a flyer on him and DFA Michael Baumann. I think the Baumann Experience should come to an end. There’s talent there, but not control.
Miller is exactly the kind of reliever CLE needs to be claiming instead of the dumpster rejects they’ve been collecting since the beginning of the season. I’m trying to imagine them bringing on someone who is actually effective instead of the stripped down fixer uppers they’ve been screwing around with.
They are leading the division, you know.
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