Mariners To Hire Tanner Swanson As Bench Coach

The Mariners are hiring Tanner Swanson as their new bench coach, reports Joel Sherman of The New York Post. Swanson had previously been working for the Yankees as major league quality control coach and catching coordinator.

It’s a homecoming for Swanson, who is now 44 years old. He’s a native of Washington state and played college ball for various schools there. He eventually moved into coaching at the high school and college levels. He entered the professional ranks when the Twins hired him as a minor league catching coordinator in 2017. He got his first big league job with the Yankees in November of 2019.

As Sherman points out, Yankee catchers have generally been well regarded in recent…