The Angels made a quick decision to select their new manager.
Kurt Suzuki, a former big league catcher who ended his career with the Angels, will become the team’s new manager, The Post’s Jon Heyman reports.
The 42-year-old has spent the past three seasons as a special assistant to Angels general manager Perry Minasian.
The Angels were in talks with their former superstar Albert Pujols, but the talks broke down due to disagreements between the two parties, Heyman first reported on Monday.
Suzuki played parts of 16 seasons in the MLB, the last two in Anaheim.
He was an All-Star in 2014 with the Twins and won a World Series with the Nationals in 2019.
Suzuki was a career .255 hitter with a .314 on-base percentage, 143 home runs and 730 RBIs, and also played for the A’s (2007-12), Twins (2014-16) and Braves (2017-18).
The Angels (72-90) missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season this year and haven’t won a playoff game since their 2009 ALCS loss to the Yankees.
They last made the playoffs in 2014, earning the American League’s top seed before being swept by the Royals.
The team succeeded manager Ron Washington, who left the team in June due to heart surgery, and interim manager Ray Montgomery.
They last had a winning season in 2015 and have squandered the brilliance of Mike Trout, the three-time MVP, who is now 34 and not the player he was due to injuries.
The franchise also wasted Shohei Ohtani, who has now taken the Dodgers to the World Series for the second straight year.
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