Lorena Martin was hired just over a year ago to fill a position unique to baseball. No other organization before the Seattle Mariners had a director of high performance in the baseball operations department.
But the Mariners on Monday confirmed that she had been fired on Oct. 10.
And they only did so after Martin leveled accusations of discrimination and racism against the organization, specially naming general manager Jerry Dipoto, manager Scott Servais and director of player development Andy McKay.
Martin posted on her Instagram and Twitter accounts saying she had witnessed their poor leadership and racism first hand, calling Latino players “LACY, DUMB, and STUPID, especially the DOMINICANS,” she posted.