Seattle Mariners rookie Bryce Miller (24) had a major accident in his major league debut. He set the third record of all time.
Miller was selected by Seattle in the fourth round of the 2021 draft. After joining Seattle, he rose quickly in the minor leagues. After his draft, he pitched in 5 games in Single A in 2021 to gain his pro experience.
In 2022, his first full-time season, he played at three levels: Single-A, High Single-A, and Double-A. He showed good growth with an ERA of 3.16 with 7 wins and 4 losses in 27 games. And he participated in the spring camp as an invited player this year and left a good impression in the demonstration game. He pitched in four games and posted an earned run average of 4.50 (6 earned runs in 12 innings). He threw 12 innings, striking out 13 and walking 4, and his detailed stats were good.
Miller, who went down to Double-A after spring training, pitched in four games and recorded two losses with a 6.41 ERA without a win. However, when Robbie Ray, the 2021 American League Cy Young Award winner, was out for the season due to elbow surgery, there was a hole in the Seattle starting rotation.
Seattle called up Miller, who had an average ERA of 6 points in Double-A. Miller made his major league debut as a starting pitcher in the match against Oakland held at the Oakland Coliseum on the 3rd (hereinafter Korean time).
After one out in the first inning, Miller struck out Ryan Noda with a high fastball of 97.3 mph. Following his first strikeout, Brent Lucker also struck out to end the inning.
In the 2nd inning, he struck out Ramon Loriano, Jace Patterson, and Shay Langellias in a three-way strikeout. He struck out five batters in a row. He became the first pitcher in Seattle team history to strike out five batters in a row in his major league debut. 안전놀이터
After that, the fearless rookie’s mighty bloody needle followed. In the 3rd inning, the fly ball-floating ball-strikeout, in the 4th inning ground ball-floating ball-strikeout, in the 5th inning the fly ball-fly ball-strikeout continued perfect pitching. After striking out the first batter in the 6th inning, he struck out 16 batters in a row.
However, after one out in the 6th inning, Tony Kemp hit with a heavy hit and the perfect was broken. With a wild throw, he was 1 out and 2 base, and after catching 2 outs with a fly ball in right field, Esteuri Lewis hit a double from the left and allowed the first run. After allowing a run, he struck out Noda to end the inning.
Miller finished his debut with 2 hits, 10 strikeouts, no walks and 1 run in 6 innings. His four-seam fastball recorded an average velocity of 95 mph (152.9 km), with a maximum velocity of 97.3 mph (156.6 km).
Miller, Seattle’s second-best prospect and 88th overall in the MLB pipeline, became the first Seattle pitcher to strike out 10 in his major league debut. He also became the third pitcher in major league history to record “more than 10 strikeouts and no walks in a debut,” after Steven Strasburg and Johnny Cueto.
Strasburg gave up two runs on 4 hits, 14 strikeouts and no walks in 7 innings against Pittsburgh on June 9, 2010. Cueto gave up 1 run on 1 hit, 10 strikeouts and no walks in 7 innings against Arizona in 2008. It was Miller’s third breaking record.
But there was no victory. The Seattle batters got only 4 walks and no hits until the 6th inning. It was a no-hitter. After Miller went down the mound, AJ Pollack’s solo homer in the eighth tied the game 1-1. After Jose Caballero’s double and two outs, Jared Kellenic’s double from the right side reversed the score 2-1 and won 2-1.
“If you haven’t looked at my stats (in the minor leagues), I’d say I was throwing the best I’ve ever felt on location with my stuff,” Miller said. Fortunately, there are many ways to measure how many people are pitching, not just the key numbers they see from the outside.” He showed confidence in his ball, which did not show everything sexually, such as the number of rotations of his fastball or Trackman.
Oakland coach Mark Katsay praised Miller, saying, “Miller’s fastball seemed to have life. The breaking ball was enough to throw the hitter off balance.”