Seattle Mariners to fire manager Scott Servais in midst of collapse β report
The Seattle Mariners are expected to fire manager Scott Servais on Thursday and replace him with Dan Wilson, the team’s starting catcher in the 1990s. The Athletic reported the Mariners’ decision, citing anonymous sources.
Servais and Seattle fans have seen the Marinersβ lead in the American League West, which was 10 games on June 18, wiped out. The team now trails the Houston Astros by five games in the division and is seven and a half games out of the final wild-card spot.
The Mariners were 13 games over .500 when they opened their largest division lead and are now 64-64, having gone 20-33 since then. On Thursday, the Mariners return to Seattle, fresh off an 1-8 road trip, to take on the San Francisco Giants on Friday.
Seattle’s pitching staff did its part, posting a 3.53 ERA and a .224 batting average against opponents. But the offense underperformed, ranking last in the majors in average (.216) and hits (903) and leading in strikeouts (1,308).
Servais, 57, took over as manager of the Mariners in 2016 and has a 680-642 record (.514 scoring percentage). He led the Mariners to the postseason in 2022, celebrated as the Mariners ended a 21-year playoff drought.
They were soundly defeated in the American League Division Series by the Astros.
Wilson, 55, played for the Mariners from 1994 to 2005 and counted some of the biggest names in franchise history among his teammates, including Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Alex Rodriguez and Jay Buhner.
Wilson has never coached at any level or been part of an MLB coaching staff, but he has worked as a special assignment coordinator for the team and as a substitute broadcaster.