The Mariners announced that Dan Wilson will not be back as the team’s manager next season after a deeply disappointing 2026 campaign. Wilson, who oversaw the club during its deepest-ever postseason run last year, failed to take advantage of a lackluster AL West division that produced zero teams with winning records.
Wilson’s hiring in ‘24 was an eye-opening decision from the organization, who didn’t even go through a full interview process after parting ways with Scott Servais. Wilson had never managed a club at any level, and he was tasked with taking a Mariners team—one that had made just one postseason appearance since 2001—to new heights. And he did just that in his first full season at the helm. Seattle won 90 games under Wilson last year and enjoyed its longest postseason stay in franchise history, pushing the Blue Jays to the brink in the ALCS and coming one win shy of the organization’s first World Series berth.
