The Mariners signed Jacob Nottingham to a minor league contract on Sunday, according to his transactions page on MLB.com. The 30-year-old catcher was in camp with the Mariners a year ago, but he played only 17 games in the minor leagues and none in the majors.

Turns out, that was the last chapter of Nottingham’s playing career.

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According to Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, Nottingham will become a coach for the Mariners this year, effectively signaling his retirement at age 30.

Nottingham played 54 career games at the MLB level, slashing .184/.277/.421 across 130 plate appearances. He had not appeared in a big league game since 2021, but had bounced around the minor leagues ever since.

Nottingham bounced from the Baltimore Orioles, to the Mariners, to the San Francisco Giants, to the Washington Nationals, and back to the Mariners from 2022-25.

The Mariners previously announced their major– and minor-league coaching staffs for 2026. Nottingham might not be in uniform in Seattle, or one of their minor league affiliates on a full-time basis this year, but teams routinely add special assistants to their staffs who bounce around the organization as needed.

It’s a full-circle moment for the catcher, who was a Top 100 prospect in baseball in 2016, and changed teams twice before reaching the majors with the Brewers in 2021.

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