ESPN MLB Insider Thinks Former Seattle Mariners' Skipper Will Be in Running For Jobs This Winter

Last week, we wrote multiple stories about the future of former Seattle Mariners' manaager Scott Servais.

Servais, who spent parts of nine years with the M's, was fired in August 2024 and is now a special assistant for the San Diego Padres.

Thus far, the Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates have managerial openings after replacing their skippers. I wrote that Servais should be interested in the O's job, and I also wrote that I think the Rockies should be interested in Servais.

So, will he get looks in the next managerial hiring cycle? Speaking on the Refuse to Lose podcast this week, ESPN's Buster Olney said he thinks that he will be in contention.

I ​think ​you ​he'll for ​sure ​get ​looks. ​You ​know, ​it's ​interesting. ​​I ​was ​having ​a ​conversation ​two ​weeks ​ago ​with ​the ​head ​of ​baseball ​ops ​for ​the ​Cleveland ​Guardians. ​And ​when ​they ​had a ​vacancy ​that ​ended ​with ​Stephen ​Vogt ​getting ​that ​job, ​do ​you ​know ​how ​many ​people ​they ​talked ​to? Eighty-one. ​​I ​think ​a ​lot ​of ​these ​teams ​will ​go ​through ​these ​absolutely ​exhaustive ​searches. ​And ​so ​you ​would ​assume ​that ​Scott, ​you ​know, ​it's ​not ​like ​he's ​85 ​years ​old. ​He's ​still got ​plenty ​of ​years ​left ​if ​he ​chooses ​to ​manage. ​I ​think ​that ​absolutely ​would ​be ​potentially ​a ​fit. ​And, ​he ​would ​bring ​the ​credibility ​because ​he's ​done ​the ​job ​before. ​He's ​a ​well-regarded ​baseball ​guy. And ​I'm ​sure ​that ​the ​Rockies, ​the ​Orioles, ​a ​lot ​of ​these ​teams ​are ​going ​to ​have ​a ​lot ​of ​choices...

He went 680-642 over his tenure in Seattle. He led the M's to the playoffs in 2022.

You can listen to the full interview with Olney in the podcast player below: