"Where we were in the middle of June and where we are today - it's hard to believe, actually, how quickly it all dissolved for us," Jerry Dipoto, president of baseball operations, said via ESPN. "Collectively, we determined that our organization needed this. We needed to do something to create a different theme, a different vibe in our clubhouse. I'm not trying to throw Scott under a bus at all here. I can't say enough positive things about the things he did in contributing here, but I do think we needed a new voice."
Despite having the best ERA in MLB at 3.53, the Mariners are dead last in batting average at .216, pointing to the team’s struggles in offensive production as a significant factor in their performance downturn.
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