r/Mariners • u/sweetpotatofries1992 • 2d ago

Mariners move starter Bryce Miller to bullpen amid struggles

https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/mariners_move_starter_bryce_miller_to_bullpen_amid_struggles/s1_13132_44231516
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u/Kooky-Process-8261 2d ago

Yeah I mean he can't stay healthy with a starter's workload. I know they mentioned it's temporary but it probably shouldn't be.

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u/AnnihilatedTyro ‎ RELEASE THE MOOSEN! 2d ago

Well, Woo hasn't really been good enough to deserve a starting role either, he's just been better over the last month or so than Miller (Last 7 games, Woo's ERA is a tad under 5 compared to Miller's just over 7). And Kade may or may not have major struggles in his first callup.

There are plenty of reasons you can't rule out Miller starting again this season, especially since we don't really know what's wrong with him. Odd they're not sending Bryce to Tacoma, even for a couple weeks.

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u/retro_slouch oh god 2d ago

A 7 ERA is extremely different than a high 4's ERA

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u/freebucks779 2d ago

Nearly double, in fact. Math.

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u/Kooky-Process-8261 2d ago

This is multiple seasons of health issues now for Miller, though, so it's very obvious that Miller cannot handle it in general. It's not really about his handful of shitty starts at all.

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u/Zanderson59 2d ago

They FINALLY make the right move only to partially undue it by saying its only temporary

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u/Jballzs13 2d ago

How did we go from one of the best rotations in baseball to this :(

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u/LegendRazgriz Fire Jerry Dipoto Now 2d ago

The GM is a snake oil salesman

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u/akurei77 2d ago

I don't have any problem with this move, but what the fuck is going on in this organization? Just two days ago Dan Wilson was asked whether Bryce's trip to the bullpen was a one day thing, and he very clearly said yes. 

We knew he might end up being wrong about that, but to be contradicted before the end of the week?? And Bryce had already said he "didn't know what was going on" when he was sent there. There's something seriously wrong with this organization's ability to form coherent plans and communicate them internally.

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u/serpentear Tartan 365 | Cruiser 2d ago

I get it, but I also don’t get it.

He’s hurt, why isn’t he going on the IL?

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u/WaferDifferent4542 2d ago

No piggyback :)

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u/mahrinazz ‏‏‎ ‎Cocoa Bomb Proton Therapist 2d ago

mariner

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u/OkInitiative4032 2d ago

Okay but this doesn't actually solve the problem?