Seattle Mariners President Kevin Mather Resigns After Inappropriate Comments About Foreign Players

Seattle Mariners president Kevin Mather has resigned amid backlash from comments he made about foreign-born players.

Mather joined a virtual meeting over the Winter where he talked at length about his team. During his talk, he made some jokes about members of his organization not being able to speak english very well. Mather also talked openly about manipulating how long players stay in the Minor Leagues in order to get more service time from them.

It’s adorable that @Mariners CEO Kevin Mather thought having the Rotary Club delete the video from YouTube would make the problem go away. So predictable.

Here’s a few clips…

Mather talking about service time manipulation pic.twitter.com/zcvCJ6jTrk

— Nick Francona (@NickFrancona) February 22, 2021

Mather talking about Hisashi Iwakuma’s English improving when Mather mentioned not wanting to pay for a translator… pic.twitter.com/yCZLAMw2bL

— Nick Francona (@NickFrancona) February 22, 2021

Mather saying Julio Rodriguez’s English is “not tremendous.” pic.twitter.com/ZXMIwI0IyW

— Nick Francona (@NickFrancona) February 22, 2021

Kevin Mather would later apologize for his dumbass comments.

Seattle Mariners President Kevin Mather Apologizes For Comments About Asian Players English Speaking Abilityhttps://t.co/vY4KuAVS82

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Mariners Chairman John Stanton released a statement condemning Mather for his comments.

“His comments were inappropriate and do not represent our organizations’ feelings about our players, staff and fans,” Stanton said in a statement. “There is no excuse for what was said, and I won’t try to make one. I offer my sincere apology on behalf of the club and my partners to our players and fans. We can, and must, do better.”

Stanton will now take over as the team’s president until the role is filled.

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— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) February 22, 2021

It’s hard to imagine that Kevin Mather will find a job in the MLB anytime soon. These comments might just be too much to come back from. I hope it was worth it for him to sound like a real “guy’s guy” during this video session, though. Good thing the video found its way into the public.

There’s no room for Kevin Mather in the MLB.

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