The Los Angeles Angels have a new manager for next season after they moved on from former manager Ron Washington and interim manager Ray Montgomery.
After much speculation about future Hall of Famer and former Angel Albert Pujols potentially filling the vacant managerial position, the Angels have decided on another one of their former players to take the reins, 16-year big league veteran Kurt Suzuki.
The Angels decide to hire Kurt Suzuki as their next manager
Moving on from their first choice in Pujols, the Angels shifted to hiring Suzuki as their fifth manager in the past six seasons, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Suzuki is familiar with the Angels organization, spending his final two seasons as a player there (2021-22). He also served as a special assistant to the general manager, Perry Minasian, for the last three seasons.
At 42 years old, Suzuki would be one of the younger managers in the game, along with Oliver Marmol (39) of the St. Louis Cardinals, Stephen Vogt (40) of the Cleveland Guardians, Warren Schaeffer (40) of the Colorado Rockies and Will Venable (42) of the Chicago White Sox.
