Mariners Hire Yankees Catching Coordinator as Bench Coach

Tanner Swanson, New York’s catching coordinator beginning in November 2019, is leaving New York to become bench coach of the Seattle Mariners. He will work for Seattle manager Jason Kanzler, appointed earlier this week.

Swanson joined the Yankees from the Minnesota Twins organization. During his time in New York, he developed a reputation for helping the club’s catchers improve their framing, an area in which the Yankees became a leading team.

The move takes Swanson from a role focused on catching to a position on the Mariners’ major-league coaching staff. The available details do not specify when he will begin the job or describe any other changes to Seattle’s staff.