The Seattle Mariners fired manager Scott Servais on Thursday and will name former All-Star catcher Dan Wilson as manager, per a report from The Athletic.
The move comes as the team has plummeted out of the playoff picture after holding a 10-game lead in the AL West in mid-June. The report said it's unclear whether Wilson will carry an interim title or get the job outright.The Mariners just finished a nine-game road trip with a 1-8 record, including a pair of sweeps at the hands of the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Dodgers and a lone victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. With the loss, the Mariners fell to .
After an 8-5 win over the Cleveland Guardians on June 18, the Mariners led the AL West by 10 games over the Astros and Texas Rangers. It took one month for that 10-game lead to fully disappear. Seattle lost six of seven games played to a bad Los Angeles Angels team in July, and five of six games to a middling Detroit Tigers team as well.Since taking that 10-game lead, only the White Sox have a worse record in all of the Majors. The Mariners are just 20-33 since that victory over Cleveland.
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