The Mariners introduced their full 2025 teaching employees at present. A lot of the names are both holdovers from 2024 or have been beforehand reported, although there have been a few new names. Eric Younger Jr. has been promoted to first base coach with Louis Boyd promoted to main league area coordinator.
These two additions are half of a bigger shuffle. Kristopher Negrón was the primary base coach, however he’ll transfer over to 3rd base coach. Final yr’s third base coach Manny Acta will transition to bench coach. Brant Brown was the bench coach and offensive coordinator going into 2024 however he was fired again in Might. Director of hitting technique Jarret DeHart and assistant hitting coach Tommy Joseph expanded their roles to compensate for Brown’s departure, although DeHart was fired in August and Joseph lately employed away by the Orioles. Boyd is taking the function that Carson Vitale had final yr, although it was reported this week that the Marlins are hiring him away. Adam Jude of the Seattle Occasions (X hyperlink) relayed the shuffling previous to the official announcement.
Younger was with the M’s final yr, working within the system as baserunning coordinator. He’ll proceed engaged on baserunning however now will get promoted to the primary base coach place within the huge leagues, although it’s not his first time in that job on the MLB stage. He was the Nationals’ first base coach for the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Previous to teaching, he performed within the majors from 2009 to 2018.
Boyd will get a serious league teaching job for the primary time. He has been within the Mariners’ group for the previous six seasons, working within the minors. Most lately, he was the minor league area coordinator for the previous two seasons.
Acta has been on Seattle’s employees for a few years, however has shifted round to varied roles. He was third base coach in 2016 and 2017, then turned the bench coach for a few years. He went again to the third base job from 2020 to 2024 however now returns again to the bench coach gig as soon as once more. He has labored as a coach or supervisor within the majors since 2006, working for the Expos, Mets, Nationals and Cleveland previous to coming to Seattle.
Negrón performed within the majors from 2012 to 2019 earlier than transitioning into teaching. The M’s employed him because the assistant to the director of participant improvement in 2020 and he served as supervisor at Triple-A Tacoma in 2021. He then acquired promoted to first base coach on the huge league stage for the 2022 season.
