Kevin Mather, who up to Monday was CEO of the Seattle Mariners, made some remarks at a Rotary Club luncheon a few weeks ago. The aftermath was ably covered here Monday by Sara Sanchez after Mather resigned his position. (Our friends at Lookout Landing have a complete transcript, if you’re interested in his full comments.)
I want to focus here specifically on Mather’s remarks about MLB players’ service time. Essentially, he said the quiet part out loud, something we’ve known for quite some time:
Mather undermined strategy on the baseball side, admitting that the team was possibly manipulating service time for top prospects Jarred Kelenic and Logan Gilbert.