MLB Insider 'Surprised' on How Former Seattle Mariners Manager Found Out He Was Fired

The Seattle Mariners are coming off one of the most eventful days in team history on Thursday. And they didn't even play a game.

The Mariners fired nine-year manager Scott Servais and hired former catcher and team Hall of Famer Dan Wilson in his stead.

The news of Servais' firing was first reported by the Athletic's Ken Rosenthal early in the morning on Thursday. Rosenthal had previously published a story on Wednesday that included a quote from Seattle President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto saying that "it was in consideration" for the Mariners to move on from Servais.

Rosenthal's report that Servais would be fired was shared quickly across various news outlets. And it was from that circulation that Servais found out he would be out of a job.

Dipoto expressed remorse in a news conference on Thursday that Servais, who has been teammates and has worked in several organizations with Dipoto, found out the way he did.

The nature in which Servais found out he would be fired came as a shock to Rosenthal, too.

Rosenthal was on the Foul Territory podcast on Friday and said "(He) was surprised that it came out that Scott Servais learned this from, essentially, (their) reporting."

"That was uncomfortable for me, it was awkward. I was not happy about it. Of course, I'm just a reporter. Scott is the manager that had to deal with this. And it's infinite times worse for him. That said, I just thought I was doing my job. And I went about doing my job as I normally would. And, again, it's never a good thing when the manager learns the news this way. But I was just following my process, doing what I do. And that's how it turned out, unfortunately."