Edgar Martinez won’t be the Seattle Mariners’ hitting coach next season.
The Mariners say Martinez, who has been with the Mariners since all 18 of his playing years as a player in Seattle and more recently the past four as its hitting coach, will still stay in a new role as the franchise’s organizational hitting advisor. That means he’ll be at spring training and throughout the season working with hitters and hitting coaches at all levels.
The move was announced Tuesday morning. Martinez approached general manager Jerry Dipoto and manager Scott Servais about a transition.
“Edgar came to Scott and me after the season ended and talked to us about his desire to find a position within the organization that would provide more flexibility than the role of major league hitting coach,” Dipoto said in a statement.