Bryan Woo's Stats, Metrics, Game Logs, Projections & Rankings

Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo (elbow) will begin the season on the injured list due to elbow inflammation. Woo is an option for rotation depth in deep-mixed fantasy leagues after he went 4-5 with a 4.21 ERA (4.36 FIP) and 1.21 WHIP with 31 walks and 93 strikeouts in 87 2/3 innings in his first 18 major-league starts for the Mariners in 2023. However, his stock has now dropped with him starting the year on the shelf. The former sixth-round pick in 2021 out of Cal Poly will settle into the back end of Seattle's rotation whenever he does make his 2024 debut. The 24-year-old has a diverse arsenal of pitches and could improve his strikeout rate, but if he's inconsistent, the M's have other interesting starting arms that could bump him from the rotation.

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Bryan Woo threw four innings of perfect baseball in his third spring outing on Thursday in a 4-2 Cactus League win over the Brewers. The 24-year-old allowed zero hits, zero runs, and did not walk a batter while striking out five over four frames. After getting roughed up his first time out, Woo has bounced back nicely, not allowing a run or a hit over two and two-thirds IP his second time out and now four more clean innings of work Thursday. The righty has walked just one batter and struck out 11 over eight and a third spring innings. He may get one more tune-up before the regular season, but managers who drafted the youngster to fill out the back end of their fantasy rotations after a solid debut in 2023 should be feeling confident about their choice.

Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo enjoyed an impressive performance in a Cactus League contest against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday. The 24-year-old tossed 2 2/3 frames of hitless ball to go along with three strikeouts against just one walk in his second appearance of the spring, bouncing back from a tough outing in which he yielded four earned runs on six hits and a homer across just 1 1/2 innings against the Rockies on March 1. He is expected to line up as the Mariners' fifth starter on the heels of a rookie season that saw him work to a 4.21 ERA alongside a 16.7% K-BB% across 18 starts. Woo made the jump to the big leagues straight from Double-A where he dominated to the tune of a 2.05 ERA and 27.3% K-BB% across nine starts. He has the combination of strikeout stuff and quality control that can be a big boon to fantasy managers in the 2024 season.

Seattle Mariners right-hander Bryan Woo, who went 4-5 with a 4.21 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 93 strikeouts in his first 18 major-league starts in 2023, is hoping to improve against left-handed hitters in 2024. Lefties slashed .283/.389/.540 with a .928 OPS against Woo last year. The 24-year-old had just 16 minor-league games under his belt, with none coming above High-A, before he made his MLB debut last summer. The 131 2/3 total innings he threw in 2023 were by far the most he'd thrown in a single season, and Woo admits he wore down late in the year. He's penciled in as Seattle's No. 5 starter to open the 2024 campaign. The inexperienced starter has a five-pitch mix and could improve on his 25% strikeout rate in Year 2. Woo is worth a flier late in deep-mixed league drafts as rotation depth.