Bryan

Woo

Woo gave up 11 hard-hit balls and most of them were in the air, leading to a couple of homers. He also gave up a couple of more barrels that fortunately turned into outs. Woo’s velocity is as good as it has ever been, and his walk rate remains excellent. His strikeout rate is well down, but he’s still missing a fair number of bats. Although his ERA is up to 4.61 after this, he still seems like a good bet to be a top-10 SP the rest of the way. He’ll face the Braves at home next week.

Well, that was unexpected. Woo has been one of the best starters in baseball over the last two seasons, but he flat-out didn’t have it Saturday. Not only did he allow nine hits, four of those hits left the park, and he only struck out one. These things happen. Woo will get a chance to bounceback — and likely will — against the Twins next week.

Woo dominated the Rangers over the first six innings, but gave up a two-spot in the seventh to turn a sensational outing into a very good one. The 26-year-old had a rare off start versus the Padres on Wednesday, but bounced back with yet another efficient outing; throwing 54-of-85 pitches for strikes with one walk and six strikeouts. Woo is an absolute must-start next weekend for a scheduled bout against the Cardinals in St. Louis.

After two scoreless frames, the Padres got to Woo with three runs on four hits in the third inning. Woo would give the Mariners four more scoreless innings before departing after the seventh at 92 pitches. He struck out three. The 26-year-old right-hander is off to an outstanding start, posting a 2.16 ERA, 0.92 WHIP, and a 20/5 K/BB ratio across 25 innings. He’ll look to keep it going against the Rangers in Seattle on Sunday.

Woo threw 42 pitches through four scoreless innings and then 41 in the fifth alone. With one out, he gave up three straight singles and then went without an out on a routine grounder to first with the bases loaded because Connor Joe threw wide of home, allowing two runs to score. After a walk and a sac fly, he finally retired Jake Burger to end the frame. The Mariners, though, didn’t bring him back out after the marathon inning. Woo took the loss for his first decision in three starts this season. He has a 1.50 ERA and a 17/4 K/BB in 18 innings, but that hasn’t been enough with the way the Mariners are hitting. Woo will likely face the Padres on Tuesday.

The game remained scoreless until the 10th, so Woo was left with a second straight tough no-decision after striking out six and walking one. He’ll take a 1.38 ERA into his next start Wednesday against the Rangers.

Woo was able to work at least six innings in his first 22 starts of 2025, and he’s able to do it again. He dominated the Guardians for the first five frames, but had some control issues in the sixth that allowed a pair of runs. It’s still a very impressive outing that saw Woo strike out nine, and his overall command was outstanding for the overwhelming majority of the outing. Woo will be back on the bump next week against the Angels, and is a must-start regardless of opponent at this stage.

Kirby put together a phenomenal spring, flashing an uptick in velocity, and will get the ball after Logan Gilbert takes his turn on Opening Day at T-Mobile Park. He’ll be followed by Bryan Woo and Emerson Hancock over the weekend before Luis Castillo makes his season debut against the Yankees on Monday.

Woo blanked the White Sox over his first five innings before running into trouble in the sixth. He touched 97 mph with his sinker, and he was able to generate 11 swings and misses while picking up four strikeouts with no walks. It hasn’t been announced yet, but Woo will almost assuredly start the second game of the season against the Guardians on Friday with Logan Gilbert getting the nod for Opening Day.

The Mariners certainly had options with Bryan Woo also deserving of the honor, but it’ll be Gilbert getting the ball when the Mariners kick off their season at home against the Guardians on Thursday evening.