SEATTLE, Wash. -- Seattle Mariners President of Baseball Operations Jerry Dipoto, Director of Player Development Emanuel Sifuentes and Senior Director of High Performance Rob Scheidegger announced today the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers staff for the 2022 season.

“I am thrilled to join the Seattle Mariners organization as manager of the Tacoma Rainiers,” Federowicz said. “I look forward to leading and further developing our players at the Triple-A level, and to working with Brad, Alon, Zach and the rest of our staff.”

Tim Federowicz (fed-er-oh-vich) begins his first season in the Mariners organization as manager of the Tacoma Rainiers. Federowicz appeared in 8 Major League seasons with Los Angeles-NL (2011-14), Chicago-NL (2016), San Francisco (2017), Houston (2018), Cincinnati (2018) and Texas (2019). The former catcher also appeared in 878 career minor league games, batting .286 (914x3194) with 100 home runs and 504 RBI.

The Apex, North Carolina native attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft. Federowicz was named to the roster of the United States national baseball team for qualifying for baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics. After the team qualified, he was named to the Olympics roster on July 2, 2021 and was awarded a Silver Medal.

Brad Marcelino begins his first season in the Mariners organization as hitting coach for Triple-A Tacoma. He has been working as a private hitting instructor in the San Diego area since 2018, working with several professional and collegiate players. Prior to that, Marcelino served as hitting coach and recruiting coordinator for the University of San Diego for 7 seasons (2012-18).

Alon Leichman (ah-lone LIKE-man) begins his sixth season in the Mariners organization and his first as pitching coach for Triple-A Tacoma. Leichman spent the last 2 seasons (2020-21) as pitching coach for the Double-A Arkansas Travelers, and prior to that spent 2019 as pitching coach for A West Virginia, 2018 as pitching coach for the DSL Mariners and 2017 as Coordinator of Organizational Learning. Leichman coached Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, and pitched for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship, 2020 Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification Tournament and 2020 Summer Olympics in 2021.

Zach Vincej (VINCE-ee) begins his first season as a coach in the Mariners organization. He appeared in 10 Major League games, 9 with Cincinnati (2017) and 1 with the Mariners (2018). Vincej appeared in 788 minor league games, batting .268 (740x2762) with 30 home runs and 297 RBI, including 109 games in a Rainiers uniform in 2018. He won a Rawlings Minor League Gold Glove Award at shortstop following the 2016 season. Vincej was selected by Cincinnati in the 37th round of the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft out of Pepperdine University.

Michael Feliciano, ATC begins his fifth season in the Mariners organization and his first as athletic trainer for Triple-A Tacoma. Michael Sadler begins his first as strength and conditioning coach for the Rainiers, spending 2021 as strength and conditioning coach for Double-A Arkansas.