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Seattle also fired hitting coach Jarret DeHart. Servais’ managerial tenure in Seattle ends with a pedestrian 680-642 record (.514) in nine years since 2016. He also helped the Mariners end a 21-year postseason drought back in 2022. The Mariners have vastly underachieved this season with a 64-64 record and have fallen nearly 10 games out of a Wild Card playoff spot after dropping eight of their last 10 games. It’ll be Dan Wilson taking over as Seattle’s manager with Edgar Martinez, who has been with the club as a special advisor since 2018 after a couple seasons as a hitting coach, returning to the field staff.

Servais was in his ninth season as the Mariners’ manager, compiling a 680-642 record (.514 winning percentage) since being hired in 2016. In 2022 he guided the Mariners to the postseason, which ended a 21-year postseason drought that, at the time, had been the longest in North American professional sports. The Mariners seemed destined to make another playoff appearance this season before things went sideways in a hurry, turning a 10-game lead in the American League West into a five-game deficit in the standings. That proved to be a bridge too far for an organization that has yet to win a division title. a franchise that is still in search of its first pennant. Dan Wilson will take his place; although Wilson, who served as a special assignment coordinator during spring training, has never been on a big-league coaching staff or managed at any level. The former Mariners catcher will take over a team that is 64-64, five games out of a playoff spot, and on a three-game losing streak.

Wilson, out with a strained oblique, is still experiencing some discomfort when he throws. GM Pat Gillick said a decision will be made on his status Saturday.

Pat Borders will be sent to Triple-A when Wilson is ready to return.

Perhaps that’s still twice what he’s worth, but it is just half what he made each of the last two years.

Wilson missed 28 days last spring with the same injury and started the season on the DL. It is believed to be minor, but something to keep an eye on in the coming weeks.

Wilson is expected to be ready to go today.

Wilson is eligible to come off the DL on April 5 and should be ready then.

The Mariners want Wilson back next season to mentor Miguel Olivo.

Wilson has been able to play though the injury.