The Mariners are hiring Brant Brown in an unspecified coaching role, reports Daniel Kramer of MLB.com ( ). Craig Mish of SportsGrid this afternoon that Brown was interviewing with Seattle. Brown, 52, spent the 2023 season as hitting coach with the Marlins. Hed previously served as a hitting coach with the Dodgers before joining eventual NL Manager of the Year Skip Schumakers first staff in Miami. Brown has spent the past half-decade coaching major league hitters. Before joining Los Angeles, he had worked for the Mariners as a minor league coordinator. Specifics of his new role in Seattle are unclear, Danny Young Jersey although Mish indicates its a bigger role on the hitting staff than Brown had held in Miami. Considering he was already the hitting coach with the Fish, its po sible hell take on something like an offensive coordinator role with Seattle. The Marlins were a slightly below-average offensive team this past season. They finished 19th with a .316 on-base percentage and .405 slugging mark. Miami was only 26th in overall run scoring, although their pitcher-friendly ballpark surely plays a role in that. Thats also true of the roster, which was still built primarily around pitching. Miamis 2023 numbers were improved on those from the preceding season; they finished 27th in OBP and 28th in slugging the year before Browns arrival. Miami will look for a hitting coach for a second straight offseason. John Mabry and Jason Hart held a sistant hitting coach roles this past season. Mabry has a fair amount of prior experience as a lead hitting voice. Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald indeed as a po sibility to step into Browns place. Ryne Stanek Jersey