MLB Seattle, far from fall baseball, suddenly fires service manager

MLB Seattle, far from fall baseball, suddenly fires service manager

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The Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) recently fired manager Scott Service, holding him responsible for their poor performance.

Sports media outlet ESPN reported on the 23rd (Korean time) that Seattle is letting go of its head coach and handing over the reins to Dan Wilson, who is currently serving as the team's coordinator.

Seattle, a team in the American League (AL) West, was 10 games ahead of second place in the division on June 19, the first half of the season.

However, they have since fallen into a slump with 20 wins and 33 losses, 한국을 and are currently in second place, five games behind the division's first-place Houston Astros.

In particular, Seattle, which has won 1 game and lost 8 games in its last 9 games, is 7.5 games behind 3rd place, the postseason clincher, in the American League wild card rankings, and the fall baseball season seems out of reach.

Since taking over as manager of the Seattle Mariners in 2016, Servais has recorded 680 wins, 642 losses, and a winning percentage of 0.515 this season, the second-highest winning percentage in team history behind manager Lou Piniella.

However, the team's performance, which had been leading in the first half, plummeted in the second half, and the team ended up taking off its uniform.