{"id":198227,"date":"2025-10-08T16:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/198227\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T16:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T16:54:07","slug":"bryce-miller-prepares-for-crucial-postseason-debut-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/198227\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryce Miller prepares for crucial postseason debut in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bryce Miller&#8217;s playoff debut comes in a pivotal road game that could clinch the series for the Mariners.<\/p>\n<p>SEATTLE \u2014 Bryce Miller will make his postseason debut on Wednesday afternoon in a pivotal game that could send the Mariners to the American League Championship Series (ALCS) for the first time since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The Mariners got contributions across the lineup en route to an 8-4 win in Game 3 on Tuesday night, taking a 2-1 edge in the Division Series against the Detroit Tigers. Logan Gilbert, the Mariners&#8217; Opening Day starter, was unsurprisingly brilliant on the mound while Eugenio Suarez, J.P. Crawford and Cal Raleigh all hit home runs at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s win sets the table for a potential series clinch if the Mariners come out on top Thursday afternoon. Miller likely wouldn&#8217;t have appeared in this series if Bryan Woo were available, but Woo continues to be out while he deals with a pectoral injury.<\/p>\n<p>Miller&#8217;s struggles stood out amongst an elite starting rotation for the Mariners in 2025, as he went 4-6 with a 5.68 earned run average (ERA). Elbow issues limited him to just 18 starts this season as he spent two significant stints on the team&#8217;s injured list.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old joined the Mariners when he was selected in the fourth round of the 2021 MLB Draft. Miller made his debut with the team on May 2, 2023 in a 10-strikeout effort against the Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the postseason, you start with a zero ERA, right?\u201d Miller said about taking the mound for Game 4 (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/bryce-miller-game-4-alds-start-mariners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">MLB.com<\/a>). \u201cMy arm\u2019s felt a lot better since I got off the IL. I found a way to basically manage the inflammation in there from the bone spurs and stuff. I haven\u2019t pitched in 10 days, so I\u2019ve had plenty of rest and I&#8217;m good to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miller was a much stronger performer when he was healthy in 2024, going 12-8 with a 2.94 ERA in 31 starts. If he can re-capture that ability in Wednesday&#8217;s start, the Mariners will be in good position to potentially close out the series in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>If the Mariners fail to win Wednesday, that would set up a winner-take-all Game 5 at T-Mobile Park on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryce Miller&#8217;s playoff debut comes in a pivotal road game that could clinch the series for the Mariners.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-198227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}