Stottlemyre won’t return as M’s pitching coach

Mel Stottlemyre Jr., the Mariners pitching coach under manager Scott Servais for the past three seasons, will not be back with the team next year, Servais said Monday. Stottlemyre, 54, is the only member of the eight-man coaching staff not being asked to return in the wake of Seattle’s 89-73 season in which their pitchers posted the 17th-best ERA out of the 30 Major League teams at 4.13.