Step one for the Mariners in their response to a disappointing season came Tuesday when they restructured their on-field coaching staff by announcing Tim Bogar and Casey Candaele will not return in 2018.
Interim bullpen coach Nasusel Cabrera will shift to another job in the organization. Cabrera was the club’s batting practice pitcher before replacing Mike Hampton as the bullpen coach at the All-Star break.
The remaining staff members will return in 2018, although some are in different roles.
Third-base coach Manny Acta replaces Bogar as bench coach; assistant hitting coach Scott Brosius replaces Acta as third-base coach; and Chris Prieto shifts from special-projects coach to replace Candaele as first-base coach.