The Seattle Mariners hired Jason Kanzler as their new skipper, the team announced Tuesday.
Kanzler has never managed at any professional level. The 36-year-old spent the last three seasons as the Chicago Cubs' director of player development. He will be the second-youngest manager behind Washington Nationals skipper Blake Butera (34).
"Our goal in this process was finding a manager with the ability to challenge all of us to improve," president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said in a statement. "Jason has the mindset, expertise, communication skills, and intensity to help create a championship standard here in Seattle."
Kanzler was part of the Houston Astros' coaching staff when the team won the 2022 World Series.
Kanzler, a former chemistry and physics teacher at Texas' Katy High School, reportedly beat out former Astors manager Joe Espada for Seattle's managerial opening.
The Mariners fired Dan Wilson in late September. The club missed the playoffs after finishing one win short of its first World Series appearance in 2025.
