Key Injuries and Slow Starts Have Mariners' Pitching Staff Receive Middling Ranking

A recent article from Kerry Miller of Bleacher Report took a look at all 30 pitching staffs in Major League Baseball to this point in the season. With those injuries and slow starts, Miller ranked the Mariners' staff 16th.

"Though the M's have regressed from arguably the best staff in the majors in 2024 to just OK thus far in 2025," writes Miller, "there's still plenty of "if they get healthy" optimism here, with George Kirby nearing his season debut while Logan Gilbert hopefully won't be out for too much longer. Got to hope both Luis Castillo and Bryce Miller will rebound from their slow starts, too. In the meantime, at least Andrés Muñoz has been incredible at closer, posting a line of 18.0 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 25 K with an AL-best 13 saves."

Losing Logan Gilbert for any amount of time is a huge blow. He has become one of the preeminent starters in MLB after a breakout performance last year saw him lead the sport with 208 2/3 innings pitched.

Gilbert was off to an even better start this year. Through his first six games, he pitched to a 2.37 ERA across 30 1/3 innings with 44 strikeouts and a 154 ERA+. His absence has been noticed, but his return is coming soon.

The pitching staff as a whole is still good, on paper. Once Gilbert returns, if the offense can get back to the success they were having early in the year, things will be back on track for the M's.