Speaking on Monday morning at Seattle Mariners spring training, starting pitcher Bryce Miller spoke about his health through the offseason and heading into 2026.

Per Daniel Kramer of MLB.com on social media:

Bryce Miller says that he didn't experience any discomfort this offseason and his pitching "elbow feels 100%."

That led to the decision, after extended consultation with Dr. Keith Meister, to not undergo a procedure to remove the loose bone spurs in the area.

That's certainly good news for the M's, as Miller will be a major part of the starting rotation again this season. Frankly, the Mariners need him to be healthy and more productive than he was in 2025.

Now 27 years old, Miller made his major league debut in 2023. A fourth-round pick of the Mariners in 2021 out of Texas A&M, he really burst onto the scene in 2024, going 12-8 with a sparkling 2.94 ERA.

Unfortunately, injuries took their toll in 2025. Miller made just 18 starts, going 4-6 with a disappointing 5.68 ERA. Even when he was pitching early in the season, he didn't really look healthy and he ended up on the injured list for two different stints.

He bounced back in the playoffs to pitch well, earning a win for the M's in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.

He'll slot in with Logan Gilbert, Bryan Woo, George Kirby and Luis Castillo in the starting rotation.

Speaking about Miller's injury in July of 2025, M's general manager Justin Hollander said that the team is not in a position to force players into surgeries. Not getting surgery during last season was Miller's decision and this was most certainly his decision now.

"So the conversations about surgery or no surgery, that's between the player and the doctor. The Mariners don't really get involved in that. The order of operation is that Bryce sees our doctors and they make a recommendation. Often times, particularly with orthopedic injuries, players will want a second opinion. Dr. (Keith) Meister is one of the best, if not the best, orthopedists in the country... The player then goes to see that doctor, the doctor and Bryce conversation and then they tell us what they decide, so in Dr. Meister's estimation, and in our doctor's estimation, the PRP was the better way to go. We don't want to have surgery just to have surgery, so that's how that conversation went. It's not really up to us to say 'we think you should have surgery.' It's a human being and we're not in the business of telling human beings to have surgeries that their doctors say they don't need right now."

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