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los angeles Angels Have decided to hire former major league catcher Curt Suzuki As for his next manager, a person with knowledge of the negotiations tells The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday because the Angels had not finalized or announced a deal with Suzuki, who has spent the past three seasons as a special assistant to Angels general manager Perry Minasian.
Suzuki played 16 seasons in the major leagues for five teams, and earned All-Star selection. minnesota and winning the World Series in 2014 Washington In 2019.
Suzuki ended his career in two years anaheimRetiring after the 2022 season. Suzuki also won the College World Series while playing for Cal State Fullerton, located a few miles from Angel Stadium.
The 42-year-old Suzuki replaces Ron Washington, who was not brought back to the Angels dugout after two losing seasons. Washington missed the second half of the current season after undergoing quadruple bypass heart surgery.
The Angels chose Suzuki and fellow special assistant Torii Hunter as their top candidates after negotiations with former slugger Albert Pujols broke down in recent days. Pujols, who has a personal services contract with the Angels, was an early front-runner for the job as a longtime favorite of owner Arte Moreno.
Both Pujols and Suzuki have no major league coaching experience.
Suzuki will be the Angels’ fifth full-time manager in the last eight seasons, following the departure of Mike Scioscia.
The Angels have the longest active streaks of futility in the majors, consisting of 10 consecutive losing seasons and 11 consecutive non-playoff seasons.
Although Minasian has assembled a moderately exciting young core led by shortstop Zach Neto and outfielder Joe Adell to join three-time MVP Mike Trout, the team has shown few signs of emerging from its decade of intense struggles under Moreno. The Angels went 72–90 last season, finishing last in the AL West and 13th in the American League.
Suzuki, who is from Hawaii, is a fourth-generation Japanese-American. He will join Don Wakamatsu and Dave Roberts on the list of former and current MLB managers of Asian heritage.
Suzuki will take charge of the Angels dugout during another chapter of negative publicity for the franchise, which is currently involved in a highly public trial over a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who died of a drug overdose in 2019. Trout is expected to testify at trial Tuesday.
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