Servais spent nine years with the Mariners, but he's now been passed over in two managerial hiring cycles.
The Colorado Rockies officially named Warren Schaeffer as their newest manager on Monday. He had served as the interim manager after Bud Black was fired during the 2025 campaign.
With Schaeffer's hiring, the managerial hiring cycle is now complete. And former Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais did not factor into the newest round of managers, meaning he's been left out of two hiring cycles since being fired by Seattle in August of 2024.
Servais had interest from the San Diego Padres, where he served as a special assistant in 2025, and he was also connected to the Minnesota Twins job. It's unclear where he'll go from here, but it's fair to wonder if he'll ever get another chance to manage a big-league team.
The Servais file
A former big-league catcher, the 58-year-old Servais spent 11 years in the majors with the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, San Francisco Giants, Rockies and San Francisco Giants. He was a .245 career hitter with 63 home runs and 319 RBIs.
He spent nine years as the M's manager, leading them to the playoffs in 2022. He was fired as the team blew a 10.0-game division lead in the American League West in 2024.
Known as a solid culture builder, he has also worked in player development.
What I'm saying
I've said this multiple times on the 'Refuse to Lose' podcast and I will re-iterate it here.
"He's still young. He's only 58. But it is fair to wonder if Scott Service has managed his last games as a major league manager. It's hard to take multiple years off and stay in the conversation. It doesn't mean it's impossible, but it certainly is more unlikely that he will (not) get another opportunity to manage. And I've said this many times on Refuse to Lose and I will say it many more times in the future.
I like Scott Servais. I think what he did as a culture builder for the Mariners was instrumental in turning them from an irrelevant franchise to a relevant one. A lot of what we saw in 2025 from this team, I think was built by Scott Servais and then expanded on by Dan Wilson. I think Scott Servais would be a good manager for a young team, for a team with little expectations. I think his player development background is really good in kind of nurturing young players.
I don't think that Scott Servais is the guy that I'd want to run my franchise when I have World Series aspirations. When the Mariners had real big aspirations under Servais, I felt like they struggled. When they came out of nowhere under Servais, I felt like they were pretty good. I could certainly, if I were an owner, I'd be okay giving Scott Servais a job, especially if I'm the owner of a team that doesn't have a lot of expectation. But the further removed he gets from his job with the Mariners, the less likely it is that he gets another one."
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