The Seattle Mariners won't bring Lloyd McClendon back as manager for the 2016 season.

Jerry Dipoto, hired as the club's general manager earlier this offseason, has decided to hire his own manager.

"Everything we do is as a group," Dipoto said. "This isn't an indictment of Lloyd. This is a representation of what we would like to build going forward. That is what we'll do."

McClendon's firing was far from a surprise and came less than a week after the Mariners concluded a disappointing 76-86 season.