Seattle Mariners GM Justin Hollander Clarifies Team’s Position on 6-Man Rotation

SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners have had notable accidents to their pitching employees after having the healthiest rotation within the main leagues final season.

In 2024, the Mariners had been the one staff in baseball with 4 pitchers who began 30 or extra video games. Solely seven pitchers began for Seattle all final season — the least within the majors. This yr, three beginning pitchers have landed on the injured checklist and 9 hurlers have began video games.

However, the damage woes are taking a flip for the higher. George Kirby made his season debut Could 22, Bryce Miller shall be activated off the injured checklist within the coming days and Logan Gilbert will start his rehab project with the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers this week.

There’s been hypothesis the membership might go for a six-man rotation to protect well being for the remainder of the season.

Seattle normal supervisor Justin Hollander spoke to the media in a pregame scrum Tuesday and clarified there’s “intrigue” within the concept of including a person to the rotation, nevertheless it’s unlikely the Mariners divert from their five-man rotation.

“I would say the unfortunate thing about the roster rules is you only get 26 spots and you only get 13 pitchers. And when you add a sixth starter, you take away a reliever. When you add a sixth starter, sometimes your starters pitch every six days and sometimes they pitch every eight or nine days. Starting pitchers are fussy, they don’t like that. … (President of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto) talked about this on the road trip, I would not anticipate a full six-man rotation. There may be times where we drop in a sixth starter. But I think we will stick with a five-man rotation, at least with how we’re headed right now.”

This info signifies that fill-in starters Emerson Hancock and Logan Evans will spend the vast majority of the season again with Tacoma after Miller and Gilbert return.