Mariners Game #44 Preview And Discussion: SEA At HOU, 5/13

He’s again.

Bryce Miller takes the mound for the Mariners for the primary time because the 2025 ALCS. He’s sat out the primary 43 video games of the brand new season with an indirect damage, after lacking giant swaths of final season with bone spurs in his elbow. I wrote earlier than the season in our 40 in 40 series concerning the fast begin to Miller’s profession and the fast drop in efficiency as he tried to pitch by damage. Kate Preusser wrote more recently about his rehab begins and among the changes he is making to get proper this yr. What I’m on the lookout for right now is what his pitch combine appears like early and how his velocity holds up late.

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With wins in video games one and two, the Mariners will look to clinch the four-game collection tonight, after sweeping the Astros in 4 video games again in May, after sweeping the Astros to all however clinch the AL West final September. The Mariners have received 9 straight towards Houston.

Brendan Donovan is just not within the lineup tonight, after being activated from the injured checklist at the beginning of the street journey. Leo Rivas is again at third base, whereas JP Crawford strikes again as much as the leadoff spot.