Tanner Swanson hire continues Mariners' precision targeting with new coaches

It's always a good sign whenever a coach departing for a new job is treated as something akin to a tragedy in the place he's departing from. So with all respect to our pals at Yanks Go Yard, it seems like the Seattle Mariners' poaching of Tanner Swanson is worth celebrating on the Pacific Northwest.

Since Swanson's contract with the Yankees expired at the end of the 2026 season, maybe this wasn't technically a "poaching." Either way, Swanson has left his job as a major league coordinator with the Yankees to become the Mariners' bench coach under new manager Jason Kanzler. It's a homecoming for the 44-year-old Swanson, who was born in Seattle and had strong ties to the area even before the…