Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryce Miller provided a brief but positive update on Tuesday afternoon after throwing a 30-pitch bullpen at the Peoria Sports Complex. 

Miller has been dealing with left oblique discomfort ever since his first spring training start and seems destined to begin the year on the injured list, but a positive update is just that.

Per Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports 710:

All did go well in Miller’s bullpen. Threw 30 pitches at 80 percent and said he felt good after.

Naylor who was scratched from the original lineup has played catch and is in the cages rn. Likely wanted another day before returning to games. Will ask.

For reference, Josh Naylor was scratched from Tuesday's lineup, but likely just wanted another day to re-acclimate after returning back from the World Baseball Classic with Team Canada.

Now 27 years old, Miller is a three-year veteran who made his major league debut in 2023. He's gone 24-21 total with a 4.01 ERA. The 2025 season was the most frustrating of his career, as he made only 18 regular season starts because of injury, pitching to a 5.68 ERA. He was better in the playoffs, earning a key win for the Mariners in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Though the Mariners will likely give him plenty of time to get healthy and built back up, his eventual return will be important. The organization is counting on him to be a pillar of the rotation this season.

With Miller almost assuredly ticketed for the injured list, Seattle has essentially two choices for a replacement: Cooper Criswell and Emerson Hancock.

We discussed both of their candidacies on Tuesday morning, and then Criswell struck out five over three innings against the Colorado Rockies in the afternoon.

--The World Baseball Classic ended on Tuesday with Team Venezuela beating Team USA 3-2. It was the first WBC title for Venezuela, while the Americans last won in 2017. The conclusion of the tournament means that all remaining participating Mariners will head back to Peoria.

Cal Raleigh and Gabe Speier were playing for Team USA while Eduard Bazardo and Jhonathan Diaz were playing for Venezuela. Bazardo threw 0.2 socreless innings in the title game. None of the other Mariners played in the game.

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