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Player Profile: Bryce Miller

Originally posted on Inside The Diamonds
By Dacota Haynes | Last updated Apr 3, 2025 2:57 PM ET

Bryce Austen Miller was born in Mount Pleasant, Texas, on August 23, 1988. He has one older brother. Miller played high school baseball at New Braunfels High School in New Braunfels, Texas. There, he played ball with Jordan Westburg, who was a childhood friend. He began his collegiate baseball career at Blinn College in 2018. In 2024, Miller adopted a Hammerhead Shark named Chum.

Bryce Miller College

At Blinn College, he had a 7-1 record with 5 saves in 20 relief appearances. He was drafted by the Miami Marlins in the 38th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft, but decided not to sign with the team. Miller then transferred to Texas A&M in 2019, where he was a relief pitcher for his first two years. He led the team with 3 saves in the 2020 shortened season before converting to a starter the following season. As a primary starter in 2021, Miller went 3-2 in 10 starts with a 4.45 ERA across 56.2 innings. He also struck out 70 batters, Miller also pitched in 16 collegiate summer league games between the Texas Collegiate League’s Brazos Valley Bombers and the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Bryce Miller Draft

As listed above, Miller was initially selected in the 38th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball Draft, but he decided to remain in college. The Seattle Mariners selected Bryce Miller in the fourth round with the 113th overall pick in the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft.

Bryce Miller Professional Tenure

2021

After being selected by the Mariners in 2021 and signing for a $400,000 bonus, Miller made his professional debut with the Modesto Nuts. He pitched in 5 games with 3 starts and threw 9 1/3 innings. He finished 2021 with 15 strikeouts and a 4.82 ERA.

2022

Miller made 27 appearances (26 starts) in 2022, splitting his time between Single-A Modesto, the High-A Everett AquaSox, and the Double-A Arkansas Travelers. He posted a combined 7–4 record and 3.16 ERA with 163 strikeouts in 133+²⁄₃ innings pitched. The one relief appearance came when he was in Everett.

2023

Prior to the season, he would be ranked in the Top 100 by both Baseball America (100) and by the MLB Pipeline (98). He began the 2023 season with Arkansas struggling to an 0–2 record and 6.41 ERA in 4 starts in April. That was before the Mariners promoted him to the Big Leagues on May 1st. He started against the Oakland Athletics, where he took a perfect game into the sixth inning before Tony Kemp broke it up with a one-out single. He finished his debut with six innings, only allowing one run, and he struck out 10, which is a Mariners record for most strikeouts in a debut. Over his next three games, Miller would have a strong start. In that span, he only allowed eight baserunners, which broke an MLB record that had been held since 1901 with a minimum of 15 innings pitched.

He also posted the lowest WHIP (0.421) in MLB history through his first three starts, also with a minimum of 15 innings pitched. On May 24, he became the first pitcher since 1901 to pitch at least six innings while allowing four or fewer hits in his first five career appearances. On July 3rd, Miller landed on the injured list with a blister on his finger. He’d return to the mound on July 16th, when he picked up his sixth win of the season. After that, his performance started to cool off some, and he took the loss in his last three starts. He’d finish the season with an 8-7 record, a 4.32 ERA, and 119 strikeouts in 131 1/3 innings.

2024

Miller put together an impressive second season with the Mariners. He’d finish the season going 12-8 with a 2.98 ERA and 171 strikeouts in 180 1/3 innings. His ERA was good enough to finish as the eighth-best in the MLB, while his WHIP (1.068) finished fourth. He had seven starts allowing 0 or 1 run, while going seven innings or more.