Manager Dan Wilson fired as Seattle Mariners finish 76-86 - ESPN

SEATTLE — Dan Wilson, who led the Seattle Mariners to the American League Championship Series last year, was fired as manager on Sunday.

On the day of the Mariners' season finale, a 7-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels, Wilson was informed by the club that he would not return, and the club formally announced the decision in a social media post hours after the game.

«This season has been very difficult, and of course the results have not been what any of us had expected,» Wilson said after the victory. «As a result, it was concluded that today is my last day as manager of the Seattle Mariners.»

Wilson, 57, a former catcher for the Mariners who is in the franchise's Hall of Fame, took over as manager when the club fired Scott Servais during the 2024 campaign. Last season, after leading Seattle to a 90-72 record and an American League West title, he finished in third place in AL Manager of the Year voting, behind the Toronto Blue Jays' John Schneider and the Cleveland Guardians' Stephen Vogt, who won the award.

But this season was a struggle in Seattle. Even with Sunday's win, the Mariners finished 76-86. They will head into the offseason with a third-place standing in the AL West, after being officially eliminated from playoff contention on Thursday.

«It's a very difficult day,» Wilson said, holding back tears. «We love this city. We love this community. And we appreciate the organization for what it's meant to our family.»

As the calendar turned to May, Seattle was in the thick of a mediocre division race at 16-16, and it managed to pull of its only winning month in May, at 15-13. But the summer months were not kind to Wilson's team. A 13-14 June was followed by a 9-15 July.

«Collectively, we failed to meet our own