The Mariners have signed reliever Tyson Miller to a minor league contract, according to Matt Eddy of Baseball America. It stands to reason he’ll get an invitation to MLB Spring Training.
Miller, 28, has pitched in parts of three big league campaigns. While he only has 31 career innings, he has gotten to the highest level with five different teams. The righty pitched for three clubs in 2023 alone, logging time with the Brewers, Mets and Dodgers. He allowed eight runs over 15 1/3 major league innings between the trio.
A former fourth-round selection, Miller has allowed nearly seven earned runs per nine in the big leagues. While that’s clearly not ideal, he’s coming off a solid run in Triple-A. Miller worked to a 3.50 ERA through 43 2/3 innings at the top minor league level. He struck out nearly 28% of opponents against an average 8.3% walk percentage.
Miller has exhausted his option years. If he cracks the Seattle roster at any point, he’d need to hold his place on the major league club or be put back on waivers. Despite that, the Triple-A results make him a solid depth addition. The Mariners have one of the game’s best bullpens. They finished fourth in the majors in ERA (3.48) and second in strikeout percentage (26.1%) this year.
Good move
Fire in the hole !!!
Minor league fodder.
kwERA of 8+ is garbage.
The next Mariners bullpen fix, I’m sure.
Most of these early comments are sarcastic, but the Mariners have turned lead into gold before, so who knows?
Jerry, the Alchemist..the waiver wire wizard…
Seattle just found their next fireman.
World Series for sure!
Depth addition? Like you say he’s either on the team or not.
Hi, Lee.
That’s about the size of it.
After they trade Gilbert for 2 prospects and two average utility players I imagine the mariners are done this off season.