Scott Servais

Servais was a member of the United States national baseball team while the team competed in the last Amateur World Series before it was renamed the Baseball World Cup in 1986. Following the Amateur World Series, he played in the 1987 Pan American Games, where they won the silver medal and the 1987 Intercontinental Cup. Servais was also the back-up catcher for Doug Robbins at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, where the U.S. won the gold medal, although baseball was only a demonstration event.

Servais served in the Texas Rangers' front office as the senior director of player development from 2004 until 2010.[5] He was hired by Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim general manager Jerry Dipoto as assistant general manager in 2011.[6][7] Dipoto and Servais are close friends, a relationship formed while playing together for the Colorado Rockies in 2000, when the pair had discussed Servais' dream of one day serving as a manager.[8]

When Dipoto resigned during the 2015 season, the Angels hired Billy Eppler.[9] Dipoto was soon hired as the general manager of the Seattle Mariners on September 28, 2015,[10] and second-year manager Lloyd McClendon was fired on October 9, less than a week after the season's conclusion.[11] Two weeks later, Servais was hired as the manager of the M's for the 2016 season.[12]

On June 26, 2016, Servais received his first ejection as a manager, asking home plate umpire Carlos Torres why he didn't ask the first or third base umpire to see if Shawn O'Malley went around on his swing or not. [13] He finished his first season with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.[14]

Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais arguing with home plate umpire Jansen Visconti during their game against the Houston Astros on August 22, 2018.

Servais received his second ejection as a manager on April 16, 2017 after first base umpire C. B. Bucknor originally called Leonys Martín's grounder a foul ball and changed the ruling after Rangers first baseman Mike Napoli pleaded with Bucknor that it was a fair ball and Rangers manager Jeff Banister was on his way out to plead his case.[15] On May 25, 2017, Servais received his third ejection of his managerial career on a questionable strike three call on Guillermo Heredia in the top of the sixth inning against the Nationals. [16] His second season concluded six games under .500, a record of 84 losses vs 78 wins, achieving 3rd place in the American League Western Division.[17]

On July 20, 2018, Jerry Dipoto announced that Servais' contract would be extended for an undisclosed salary and number of years. This extension came when the 2018 Mariners were playing 58-39, the fourth-best record in the MLB. The team would falter after the all-star break and finished the season in third place in the AL West, 14 games behind the first-place Houston Astros, and 8 games out of the wild card playoff game.[18]

Following the 2018 season, Dipoto was given clearance to trade away the team's best players in order to rebuild towards future strength. In kind, the 2019 Mariners finished 68-94 after a blistering, franchise-best 13-2 start. The 2020 season was a development of the future crop of players, with a better result at 27-33. Through the 2019 and 2020 season, rumours have circulated about Servais' long-term career stability with the Mariners, although Dipoto and other front office staff have only voiced confidence.[19]

As of 9/27/2020, after the final game of the Mariners 2020 season.