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    Bryce Miller struggles in loss to Marlins

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    Bryce Miller struggled in a losing effort against the Marlins on Thursday night, allowing six runs (four earned) on nine hits across his five innings of work.

    Miller also issued four free passes in the ballgame while striking out three. The Marlins got to him for two runs in the second inning, including a solo homer off the bat of Griffin Conine. They then added four more — including a pair of unearned runs — in the fifth inning. The 27-year-old righty got 10 whiffs on 81 pitches in the ballgame, registering a CSW of 25 percent. Despite the poor effort to finish the first half, Miller heads into the All-Star break with a brilliant 2.18 ERA, 0.83 WHIP and a 65/9 K/BB ratio over 57 2/3 innings through his first 10 appearances (nine starts).
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    Miller left a splitter up to Bryce Eldridge in the fifth, and Eldridge drilled it out to center for a two-run homer. The unearned run came after he exited in the sixth, an inning that featured an error by Colt Emerson before Miller departed and an error by Cole Young afterwards. Even though he was on seven days’ rest, Miller’s velocity was again down tonight; he averaged 95.1 mph, matching his season low from his final start before the break. 95.1 mph was also his career average through the end of 2025, so it doesn’t spell doom. Still, there’s less reason for excitement now than when he was averaging 96.4 mph in his first nine outings. Miller will likely make his next start Friday against the Rangers.
  • SEA Starting Pitcher #50
    The Mariners will open the second half with Miller on Friday, Bryan Woo on Saturday, and Logan Gilbert on Sunday. All three of them have been gifted a good matchup against a Giants team that has struggled at the plate this year.
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    The Mariners had just two hits and the one run came on Cal Raleigh’s bases loaded walk in the sixth. Fortunately, that was enough for Miller, Eduard Bazardo and Andrés Muñoz. It’s Miller’s fourth scoreless start in nine outings since he came off the IL. Of a little concern is that his velocity has been trending down. He averaged 97.5 mph with his fastball in his season debut May 13, but he’s been in the 96.0-96.5 mph range since and tonight he hit a new season low of 95.8 mph. That’s still a little better than his career average of 95.1 mph, but it looks like he’s returning to his old level. He’ll face the Marlins next.
  • SEA Starting Pitcher #50
    Miller gave up just three hard-hit balls, but two of those were homers that accounted for all three runs. Since coming off the injured list, Miller has allowed seven homers but only 10 runs in 45 2/3 innings. His K/BB is an outstanding 54/5, and there just aren’t more than a handful of starters throwing better than he is right now. He’ll likely face the Angels on Tuesday.
  • SEA Starting Pitcher #50
    Miller struck out seven and walked one while losing for the first time in seven outings since debuting last month. The Mariners will probably continue to toy with their rotation through the All-Star break, but even so, Miller needs to be regarded as a top-20 SP going forward. He has a 1.58 ERA and a 43/5 K/BB through 40 innings.
  • SEA Starting Pitcher #50
    There’s a lot to unpack here. According to Mariners general manager Justin Hollander, it was a unanimous decision by all six starters — Logan Gilbert, George Kirby, Bryan Woo, Emerson Hancock, Bryce Miller and Luis Castillo — to move to a schedule where each pitcher will rotate through and have piggyback days. Ironically, the arrangement will begin with Castillo piggybacking out of the bullpen with Miller during Friday’s series opener against the Red Sox. The decision will have a significant fantasy impact simply by reducing the overall volume for each starter over the next few weeks. The unorthodox arrangement feels like a temporary stopgap solution until the arrival of top prospects Kade Anderson and Ryan Sloan later this summer ultimately forces Seattle to move on from at least one of their veteran arms.
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    He allowed just two other hits in addition to the dingers. The Nationals didn’t swing and miss much against his four-seamer, whiffing on only 3-of-22 swings, but they also let it pass by seven additional times for strikes and could only turn it into two hard-hit balls. Miller has started five games and has a 1.54 ERA. Seems alright. He’s currently slated to face the Orioles next week in what will remain another must-start.
  • SEA Starting Pitcher #50
    Miller authored his strongest performance of the season, falling just short of posting his first double-digit strikeout performance since last September 11. He generated an eye-popping 16 swinging strikes, including nine on his fastball alone, and allowed just three baserunners. The 27-year-old righty has been phenomenal since coming off the injured list last month, forging a microscopic 1.33 ERA, 0.78 WHIP and 29/5 K/BB ratio across 27 innings. He’ll try to keep the momentum going when he faces the Orioles on Thursday in his next start.
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    Castillo expressed some frustration with the piggyback situation following his last outing against the Athletics where he threw 68 pitches over four shutout frames. Miller has voiced similar displeasure with the situation as well. However, the bizarre arrangement has worked for the Mariners from a results standpoint with Castillo and Miller combining to limit the Athletics to just a pair of runs over nine innings their last time out. It’s possible the pair’s reluctance to pitch in relief will lead to Seattle changing their roles. It’ll be Miller opening the contest with Castillo following on Sunday afternoon at T-Mobile Park.
  • SEA Starting Pitcher #50
    It seems wrong that Miller gets the win after coming into a 7-0 game to start the fifth, but that’s just the way MLB wants it. Miller struck out four and walked none in the 83-pitch outing. If the Mariners continue with this format, Miller will start over Luis Castillo at home against the Diamondbacks on Sunday and maybe he’ll be lifted after four innings like Castillo was tonight.

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    Cole Young went 2-for-4 and hit a three-run homer Saturday as the Mariners topped the Giants 4-3 in 10 innings.

    Young’s homer off Logan Webb gave the Mariners their only runs in regulation before Julio Rodríguez won the game with a sac fly in the 10th. It was Young’s 12th homer this season. His .254/.313/.400 line is hardly eyepopping, but for a 22-year-old playing in T-Mobile half of the time, it’s really quite impressive and bodes well for him being a quality regular for the next 10 or 12 years.
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    Bryan Woo yielded three runs — two earned — in six innings Saturday versus the Giants.

    The earned runs came in the sixth on solo homers from Rafael Devers and Willy Adames, which checked in at just 339 and 358 feet, respectively. Apart from that, Woo was really good in striking out seven. The unearned run was especially unearned. Technically, it scored on a Luke Raley error, but Luis Arraez only reached in the first place on what should have been a Cole Young error but was deemed a single because that’s just how the league likes it. Woo will pitch in Texas next week, which makes for an even more favorable matchup than most of his home starts.
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    Logan Webb surrendered three runs in 6 2/3 innings Saturday in a no-decision against the Mariners.

    Webb had a shutout going until Cole Young homered with two on and two out in the seventh. That made the game a 3-3 tie, so Webb remained winless in three starts this month. He’s allowed four homers in three outings in July after surrendering just five in his previous 14 starts. He’ll face the Angels next.
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    Travis Bazzana went 2-for-3 with a game-winning two-run homer as the Guardians beat the Pirates 5-3 in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader.

    Bazzana also walked twice before his walkoff shot off Dennis Santana in the bottom of the ninth gave the Guardians a doubleheader sweep. Throw in his RBI triple in the matinee, and it was a big day for a rookie hitting just .158/.241/.197 in his previous 19 games. He’s at .253/.337/.410 overall in 67 big-league games.
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    Logan Allen allowed three runs — two earned — in 3 1/3 innings versus the Pirates in his spot start in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader.

    Serving as the Guardians’ 27th man, Allen allowed six hits, walked three and struck out three in his second appearance this year. It’s the first time in 98 games this year that the Guardians have needed to look beyond their usual five starters. Allen will now head back to Triple-A and wait for a more significant role to open up.
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    Khristian Curtis tossed five scoreless innings in a bulk role Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader against the Guardians.

    Curtis came up big in his major league debut, only to watch the bullpen give up five runs behind him. As the 27th man for the doubleheader, he’ll return to Triple-A now, but at least he’s on the 40-man for the first time and in great position to get another look in the near future.
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    After Gregory Soto took a blown save in the eighth, Dennis Santana gave up two runs and was handed a loss in the ninth Saturday in the second game of a doubleheader against the Guardians.

    Mason Montgomery was uninvolved in the late game mix tonight, as he opened and threw a scoreless first inning. The Pirates had Brandon Eisert begin the eighth with a 3-0 lead, but he gave up three singles to load the bases with one out. Soto entered then and allowed all of the inherited runners to score before escaping the inning. Santana took over in the ninth in a tie game and gave up hits to all three batters he faced. The second of those was a double that saw the winning run thrown out at home plate. However, that just served to set up Travis Bazzana’s walkoff homer. Montgomery seems like the Pirates’ best late-game reliever right now, but with the way Don Kelly is managing things, it’s hard to recommend any of the team’s relievers.
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    Steven Kwan had three hits in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Pirates to finish the day 5-for-6.

    Kwan is almost certainly past his peak as a player, but his expected stats have gotten better as the season has gone alone; they were terrible in April, but not nearly as bad in May and June and they’ve continued to trend up in July. The Guardians are still batting him ninth for now, which subtracts from his already limited fantasy ceiling, but there’s a decent chance that he’ll return to the leadoff spot and perform as an adequate fourth or fifth outfielder in mixed leagues the rest of the way.
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    Shea Langeliers hit a three-run double to help the Athletics to a blowout win over the Nationals on Saturday.

    Langeliers unclogged the bases with his double, and extended the A’s lead to 14-0 in the seventh. He also drew a pair of walks, and the three-reach game has the power-hitting backstop hitting .258/.327/.490 with an even 50 RBI on the year.
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    Tyler Soderstrom hit a two-run homer and scored three runs in a blowout win over the Nationals.

    Soderstrom gave the A’s an 8-0 lead in the sixth inning with a two-run shot that was the 16th of the season. Not exactly high-leverage, but counts just the same. He also singled, and those reaches bring his slash up to .246/.356/.484 on the campaign with 46 RBI over 306 at-bats. Soderstrom certainly has his flaws, but it’s tough to complain too much about the production over the last two campaign.s
    - Christopher Crawford