I am seeing reports that the Seattle Mariners are going to fire general manager Scott Servais.
Right now, this is all just “sources” and nobody’s reporting anything definite yet. The Entertainment and Sports Programming Network isn’t even covering the story.
Realistically, it was the culmination of two months of losing and failure following that apex day June 18.
Since that high-water mark above .500, the Mariners have posted a 20-33 record, losing their 10-game division lead in a span of 24 games and now trailing the Astros by five games. Only the hapless Chicago White Sox have had a worse record over that stretch (10-43).
Following Wednesday’s 8-4 loss in which they were swept in a three-game series by the Dodgers in Los Angeles to close out the trip, the Mariners fell to an even 64-64. The previous time the Mariners were at .500 was April 24 when they were 12-12.
When I see something beyond “sources say”, I’ll update here.
(I’m trying to keep the White Sox posts to one per week.)
Edited to add 8/23: official now. The Seattle Times story was updated in place, but here’s the ESPN story.