Another Broadcasting Shakeup is Coming to the Seattle Mariners Organization For 2025

We already knew that Dave Sims was bolting for New York, but there's another change coming as well.

Hat and glove of Seattle Mariners center fielder Dee Gordon (9) sits in dugout during the third inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in 2018. / Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images

Last week, it was announced that longtime Seattle Mariners radio and television voice Dave Sims was leaving the organization for a job with the New York Yankees radio network. He'll be replacing the legendary John Sterling.

It turns out that isn't the only change coming for the organization in 2025 as Mike Curto, the longtime voice of the Tacoma Rainiers, is also leaving. He announced his retirement in a written post on Wednesday:

It is with much happiness that after 31 years as a minor league broadcaster, including the last 26 with the Tacoma Rainiers, it is time to announce my retirement. This decision was entirely my own, and was over a year in the making. Throughout the 2024 season I knew it was likely my last visit to the various ballparks of the Pacific Coast League, and I took a final look around to remember them.

Hey guys, I'm retiring! It's exciting. My statement: https://t.co/rs7kfzW8ft

— Mike Curto (@CurtoWorld) November 20, 2024

While the move is much deserved, there had been some people hoping that the organization would give Curto a chance to fill the spot left by Sims.

One of those people was Ryan Divish of the Seattle Times, who posted the following on social media:

My good buddy and longtime Rainiers radio broadcaster @CurtoWorld is retiring. Hopefully the Mariners make it shortlived and hire him to join their radio broadcasts.

My good buddy and longtime Rainiers radio broadcaster @CurtoWorld is retiring. Hopefully the Mariners make it shortlived and hire him to join their radio broadcasts.

— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) November 20, 2024

We will see if the Mariners actually do it - and if they can coax Curto out of retirement - but for now, it's congratulations on a job well-done.

Curto was the longest tenured broadcaster in Tacoma franchise history.

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