The Angels are going to have a new skipper next year. Sam Blum of The Athletic reports that neither manager Ron Washington nor interim manager Ray Montgomery will return as manager in 2026.
The Halos hired Washington as their skipper ahead of the 2024 season, a two-year deal with a club option for 2026. After a 63-99 showing last year, he began 2025 back in that job. In June, it was reported that he had to step away from the club indefinitely due to an unspecified health concern, with Montgomery moving from his bench coach role to take over as interim manager. Shortly thereafter, it was announced that Washington would stay on leave for the remainder of the season.
In August, Washington revealed that he had undergone a quadruple bypass to remove blockages from his heart valves. He said the health scare prompted him to quit smoking and make other lifestyle improvements. He also said he expected to be fully cleared medically in December and hoped to be back in the dugout next year.
It seems the Angels have other plans, however, and will be making a change. The club didn’t perform especially well under either manager. They were 36-38 when Washington began his leave but, as mentioned, they almost lost 100 games last year. They finished this season with a 72-90 record. Of course, a manager can only work with the roster they are given, so it’s up for debate whether the club’s lack of success has anything to do with Washington or Montgomery.
Blum adds that it’s unclear if general manager Perry Minasian will return. He is signed through 2026 with a club option for 2027. Minasian first got the gig in November of 2020. During his tenure, the club has flirted with competitive baseball but has always come up short. They won 77 games in 2021 but dropped to 73 wins in each of the next two seasons. As mentioned, they dropped to 63 last year. Getting to 72 wins in 2025 was technically an improvement over last year but it was only a return to the same unsatisfactory level of the preceding campaigns.
In time, more should be revealed about the club’s plan. They will at least need to conduct a managerial search. Whether that search is conducted by Minasian or someone else remains to be seen. If he is removed, then a front office search will likely be conducted before the managerial search. Washington and Montgomery, meanwhile, will presumably be looking for new coaching gigs elsewhere.
Photo courtesy of Jerome Miron, Isaiah J. Downing, Imagn Images
Sad reacts only
I wish the best for Wash. I honestly think this is best for both parties.
While I think the answer is to have the owner bid farewell to baseball, until that happens, there are several intriguing names out there that hold serious clout.
Bob Melvin and Bruce Bochy are two of those names.
And neither should manage the Angels.
Wasn’t he the rangers’ manager that had Nelson cruz not playing deeper with 2 outs in the world series? If so, he should have never received another opportunity to manage.
Endy Chavez sitting on the bench
Wash is great, he can’t force management to spend more on SP.
Another mistake. Wash was the best hire Arte manage to fall into.
Wash back to Atl.
Hey needs to bring EY with him too.
Wash back to Texas? We loved him there, too.
Time to hire Mickey Mouse.
It worked last time
Get AI to manage the team. I keep hearing a lot about it. How bad can it be?
Raven, AI would probably tell them all about the origin of free agency and how each team started, leaving out key details, then it would try to sign Derek Jeter.
The current players could get a lift because he brings gift baskets.
I don’t see how Allen Iverson is all that relevant to baseball but it couldn’t hurt….
Underrated comment
Finding a good GM to turn the Angels into perennial winners isn’t that hard. Tell em Wash.
Its incredibly hard
Back to oak town to help starlord
Hatteberg: what about the fans?
Wash: yeah, maybe I can teach one of them!
Beane: Good one.
Lol…they just need to find 1 who’s better than Minasian. Which, given his record…wouldn’t be “incredibly” hard at all!
bring back the player manager. trout to the bench. at least when he gets hurt, he is still bringing value.
ESPN approves
Man wash was the right guy for the angels but they probably don’t want drama with his health uncertainty
Good. Washington did a horrible job.
I never understood how Ron Washington got the job in the first place. We all make mistakes, however, doing coke while managing the Rangers should have been a lifetime ban from the game. The team did better when he went on leave. Laughing when intentionally walking Judge should have been the final straw
We all make mistakes; drug usage is a very hard thing to overcome. He did well as a Braves coach. Our society is full of drug usage with some states making drugs basically legal. You can’t punish someone forever
No state has made doing cocaine legal lol.
Drug use is not a mistake. Neither is adultery.
It’s not a mistake. It’s an affliction.
…lifetime ban? Dave Parker was just inducted into the HOF and was a cocaine kingpin for the 70’s Bucs.
The Angels did worse when Washington went on leave.. although to be fair, the team wasn’t going to do much better with him.
Judge cheekily tipped his cap at Ron, which is what led him to bust out laughing. Way to take an endearing moment and make it into something ugly
Rare to see so many different misguided statements in one short comment about baseball
@johnrealtime a manager is supposed to be a leader and demand respect from their players. You really think anyone in the clubhouse respected Ron Washington? He acts like the game is Sunday Softball
Lifetime ban for coke lol A lot of players and managers would be gone.
Why – I’m really confused about the conversation here.
If someone used to do coke and has since switched to pepsi, why keep punishing the guy?
When I was doing the hard stuff, I preferred Pepsi.
“We all make mistakes, however, doing coke while managing the Rangers should have been a lifetime ban from the game”
Might as well ban a ton of guys from the 70s and 80s then? Take down Dave Parker, Tim Raines, and a host of other HoF plaques. Silly comment.
So asking for a friend so coke is a lifetime ban what about greenies what’s the ban time on those?
@rct those guys weren’t managing, they were players. There is a difference
@ banned again
If you would actually take the time to read the article before posting, you would have read the records of both Washington and Montgomery, which may have stopped you from making a fool of yourself. The team played better under Washington. If you did read the article first, you’re an even bigger fool for your statement.
The Angels were 2 games below .500 when Wash took medical leave before the June 20th game. We finished 18 games under .500. The record was much worse without Wash.
It shows immense respect and recognition of the talent of a player to intentionally walk them twice in a row. Because he understood that, Judge tipped his cap to Wash and smiled after the 2nd one. That is when Wash laughed. Judge was hitting .450 with RISP at the time so it was a good call. Gutsy, but good.
You never get anything right. Why do you continue to try to troll?
LFGMets (Metsin7) #BannedAgain&Again&AgainFireStearns
There are so many sinless people on this board, it’s quite incredible.
You don’t understand how Washington got the job because most Mets fans don’t understand about good baseball managers.
What were the Angels before he had a quadruple bypass, roughly about .500 with a below average roster and still in the hunt. Furthermore, he is an excellent coach, his infield drills are the reason the Braves defense was excellent while he was with the Braves, and the players love him. That is all that needs to be said.
Tony Larussa says hold my beer
Zing!
Its gonna be Pujols or Tori Hunter.
This org is the biggest mess in the four majors. At least Colorado and Pittsburgh are bad in like a traditional predictable way. This org is working overtime day & night to make their fans question whether or not sports are even worth it.
Good to see real you back.
I contain multitudes!
bkbk: “Its gonna be Pujols or Tori Hunter”
I hope it’s neither.
As an Angels player, I think Pujols was self-centered and unapproachable by most of his teammates. There were some exceptions like Trout and Aybar, but most players stayed well clear of him. He also didn’t appear to be too worried about his manager’s wishes.. He was a good student of the game, especially of opponent pitching, but I don’t think his personality and entitlement would serve him well as a manager.
I would love to see Torii as our manager. His enthusiasm would do wonders for younger players and probably even help re-invigorate Trout. But managing the Angels is probably a career dead end for any person. I’d love to see him catch on somewhere else where he has a real chance to succeed long term.
100% agree on Pujols. Would likely be Ted Williams 2.0 just expecting guys to do what he did in his career.
All true but my bet is it will be Pujols. The one benefit is maybe he’s the only one Arte will listen to when he recommends signing players the team needs. Plus the Angels are already paying Pujols so Arte probably thinks he can get a deal with signing Albert. I mean it’s worth a shot… what could go wrong? /s
Perhaps Torii to the Twins?
Bad owner
David Ross is possibility. If he wants it.
Well…..so are
1. Brandon Hyde
2. Buck Showalter
3. Mystery Man
Arson Judge?
AA Ron Player/Manager?
They need a new owner. Arte Moreno is the real problem. I feel bad for Angels fans.
Mike Trout for player-manager
Might as well considering he’s on the bench half the time anyway.
Montgomery clearly proved he is not management material.
But as long as the owner, president, and the rest of the C suite remains the same so will the on field product,
Are there actual human suits or khakis beyond Arte and Minasian that make any tangible or practical executive-type decisions for the org?? Are there ex-ballplayer Jeff Bagwell-types whispering into Arte’s ear like down in Houston? Maybe one of his mistresses calls the shots.
The executive level is full of Arte’s friends from college and his billboard days.
Do Arte and Minasian really think that a new would make a difference?
Sell the team, Arte Morono!
Bob Melvin. Has to keep his California streak going
In other news not on Planet Baseball, Arte Moreno fires himself.
They plan to hire Doc Brown hoping he’ll take the Delorean back in time to get Nolan Ryan and a few other guys from the 70s.
Wonder if Arte had these two ejected from the premises Chip Kelly style or if he released the hounds Mr. Burns style.
We all predicted this when Wash was hired.
“Washington revealed that he had undergone a quadruple bypass to remove blockages from his heart valves.”
Had to look this up because that doesn’t make any sense. I guess this is what Washington, himself, claimed happened.
Bypass surgery does not remove blockages from heart valves. He must’ve meant his coronary arteries. I understand why Washington got confused but it’s weird every reporter just ran with this misnomer without looking into it.
A person should know details of any surgery performed.
Well, when the details are in the name itself (“bypass”) then yeah.
This story is the angels FO in a nutshell. Keep a secret for a long time and then when they finally share the details are wrong.
I just wish they would go back to being the California Angels of California.
They can’t. Prior to going to LAA, they petitioned MLB to go back to CA and were denied.
And they were the Los Angeles Angels before the California Angels
Angels can’t go back to being California Angels? You just made this up. Where did you see this?
Golden State Angels of California
and why would I make it up?
It was something I read. If you’d asked like a person I might have looked for the article to share.
MLB rule chage(when?) prohbits teams from using state names if there are any other teams in the state.
Fansincethe80s, I was only joking, relax. I just hadn’t heard that and found it so hard to believe! Wow if that’s true, the MLB is again screwing the Halos. I always expected a new owner would someday return the team to be the California Angels. If Texas can be Texas and Minnesota can be Minnesota and Arizona and Colorado can do it, why the heck can’t the Angels? Especially since it was their original MLB name?
Can they at least have their AAA team move back to Gene Autry Stadium in Palm Springs ?? I would actually make them the real Angels, would probably be better.
The Angels never had a AAA team in Palm Springs. The most years probably belong to Salt Lake City, but in the past they’ve had AAA agreements with Dallas, Hawaii, Seattle, Edmonton, Vancouver and probably a few others I can’t recall. They did have a California League affiliate in Palm Springs, but it moved to Lake Elsinore in the 90s after six or seven seasons.
Spokane is the other AAA affiliate they had.
How about the Angels do that and the Dodgers give back the logo on their hats that came from the original PCL LA Angels?
And I wish the Dodgers would move back to Brooklyn, but we can’t always get what we want.
Just love the one you’re with. You might get what you need.
All the leaves are brown. And the sky is gray. California Dreamin’ …on such a crappy day.
Hire Vitello before the giants do or make trout player manager Can’t get any worse
Seriously hire Kershaw
Kershaw isn’t coaching. If he was content to spend the entire summer traveling with an MLB team he’d keep playing.
At most he’d work with his hometown Rangers and spend most of his time at home.
But for now I think he’s going to be happy with his family and community work.
Yeah, I could see him staying in baseball in some capacity. But he’s not going to do anything that requires him to be away from home for any significant period of time.
If St. Louis doesn’t find a job for him, this just screams opportunity for Pujols to get his first managing gig where he’ll have a lot of room to learn before he gets fired for the first time.
I assume after today’s press conference in St. Louis that they’re not going to turn it over this season unless things start off really poorly and even then maybe not, so there’s no shot for Pujols unless he’s willing to take a bench coach job for a year (at least) before getting his shot. That’s also assuming they’re not getting Yadi to take a bench role and then the main job next season, preferring him as the better of two options.
I think Pujols will make a great manager and he’s got that weird personal services contract with the Angels so it only makes sense that he’s next in line for the job if he’s ready.
I’m still available if they want an experienced manager. Call my agent and set something up.
Isn’t the Superfife next in line for the gig?
The only two choices at this point should be Erstad or Hunter. I dont want another 60-70+ year old managing this team.
My hope is they don’t hire anyone. If they hire a manager, it means Minasian is going no where and Arte still owns the team
Changes have to come before the Angels hire a new manager.
A la Cubs’ College of Coaches in the 60s?
How about Garrett Anderson?? Undersung player.
162-0 here we come. Got that swag back. Swag gonna keep the rotation healthy and produce offense at SS. Feelsgoodman
In hindsight Joe Maddon at least made the games and interviews more interesting.
I wish we would have kept Maddon. I don’t think he took Moreno’s micro-managing crap so he got fired for it.
It was Minasian that called Madden in the dugout, not Moreno.
Perry is the one who likes to control the managers. Do you think that Arte even watches the games anymore?
Maybe they promote a 2025 draft pick to manager?Minasian is aggressive with promotions.
John Carpino has been President of the Angels since November of 2009.
At the time, the Angels were perennial playoff contenders coming off an ALCS loss to A-roid and the Yankees. The farm had talent, the coaching staff had talent,
Since then, there has been 1 playoff appearance and 4 winning records in 16 seasons.
His qualifications for working in his job: Arte’s friend from his billboard days.
That is a good take.
Carpino is the one who seems to go unnoticed and receives a free pass.
The best move the Angels could make is to hire a new President, then a new GM, followed by a new manager and coaching staff.
Hiring a new manager won’t cut it.
I don’t see a good young core, but we can disagree.
Again, only one position did we finish above 20th in fWAR.
Moore is the 73rd rated prospect. That’s not a high end prospect. Schanuel’s has no power, that’s not good for a 1b. O’ Hoppe is a rotten defensive catcher, and the only thing he does offensively is hit HRs.
Let’s not get into Neto. He’s a crossover step to his left away from being the kind of player you think he is. You have reason to be optimistic.
The others, not so much.
And people were not patient with Adell, I took in what they were saying and understood. What I liked about him were his tools and his work ethic. But he’s a free agent in two years and he’s too close to free agency to be considered part of the core.
Also, we don’t have a CF. What are we going to do with Soler?
Congrats on your optimism. I couldn’t maintain mine.
Schaneul is the best hitter on the team. Want a comparison. Mark Grace. The only Angel outside of a healthy Trout who can hit above .275
Neto is exactly what every team needs. An old school ball player.
Could bring back Moniak for CF. Michael A. Taylor retired though sorry.
Carpino is a great take.
And you are exactly right. For example. Hire Jeter, give him full autonomy and this team turns it around by the end of the decade.
Hire Jeter as president and Eddie Bane as GM.
I’d be very happy. But Jeter would hire someone he’s worked with.
But since we are dreaming…why not.
People like to think great players make great presidents or GMs, but that is rarely the case. I for one do not want to see Jeter as president or Albert Pujols or Torii Hunter as manager. Bad or mediocre players tend to make better managers.
Doesn’t matter who the manager is. The team is never going anywhere as long as Arte Moreno is the owner.
He’s the Jerry Jones of the MLB.
No way. Jerry built a new stadium. There’s no Arties World. and the Cowboys are still always in the national conversation. The Angels are never on Fox or TBS or any games of the week anymore.
And the Angels never traded their best pass-rusher but is there a semblance of an (all female) dance squad in Anaheim yet?? (not Disney related please.)
I have a suspicion that a managerial change isn’t going to right the ship.
It makes no difference. There are not enough tools in the tool box.
At this point it’s hard to argue against Arte Moreno being the first or second worst MLB owner, along with John Fisher.
Has to be fisher, arte at least spends money on the team just very poorly but least he’s willing to spend money on a player as long as your not a pitcher
Get him close. He’s shown a willingness to spend money on pitchers. But why spend money now?
Fisher and Nutting are probably the two worst owners, but all considered Angels are probably the worst run team in the sport.
Until Moreno gets serious about winning and hires a competitive pitching staff, it doesn’t matter who is running the dug out. The problem is the fans keep filling the seats so he has no incentive to change his losing player acquisition strategy. Pitching wins championships.
It’s not just the staff. Only LF finish in the top ten in fWAR. No two pitcher you could have acquired in the last five years could come close to counter balancing that.
And Minasian has had five years to draft a pitcher
Didn’t the Angels draft 20 in 2020?
Drafted 10th. It was a strange year, they only got five picks.
Detmers was their 10th pick.
You’re thinking of 2021. 20 picks, 20 pitchers, none of whom are likely to amount to anything.
Vtdave, that 2020 draft may have been the worst draft in Angel history.
Nine of the 20 are still in the organization. Bachman and Silseth are the only pitchers from that draft on the Angels active roster.
They only have one other player from that draft, David Calabrese, at AA. He seems to have stalled out at that level. He will be a free agent after 2026 if he makes it through the season. The other two players they picked, one was traded and the other was released. Detmers is the only player from the 2020 draft on the Angels roster.
Halo – Our current situation has been years in the making. The pitching has been neglected for over a decade and here we are.
It’s not just the pitching. Pitching on the free agent market is like drawing to an inside straight. It’s difficult to hit.
Every year this board pushes to spend 200+ million on a pitcher, you’re almost always wrong, even in the very rare cases you are right, what good would it have done?
There are many that want to draw to an inside straight while the teams you are playing against have flushes and full houses.
There are a lot bigger problems than Arte not spending on pitching.
Halo,
I think you are making an assumption that people want the Angels to spend $200 mil plus on pitching. I feel most are like me, and are advocating to spend a little extra from what they have been spending.
My opinion is 5 years on a starting pitching is like the holy grail of FA pitching contracts. I would rather they spend a little extra on a higher AAV for a pitcher (3 years).
It is almost impossible to fix an entire team via free agency unless you have a 300M payroll.
You need to be able to develop players. The Angels have probably the worst track record of developing. They were extremely lucky with Trout and Ohtani, but there is not a lot of cases to be made where the Angels took a pitcher or high school player and developed him into a good player. This is common place across MLB, but not with the Angels.
Once you can develop players, you can supplement via the free agency.
Arte has ignored the scouting and development for the longest period of time. The Angel finally opened player development center this year, which should allow them to compete with development. The Angels still lack in the scouting department.
The DSL Angels were in the championship last year. The ACL Angels won the championship and the 66ers (A) were in their championship this year. There is a lot of crossover of the same players on these teams, but it is a lone glimmer of hope. It will still take 4-5 years before we see how they pan out. I so like quite a few players the Angels drafted this year, not the 1st pick, but some of the others could be part of good Angels rotation, which we haven’t seen in a long time.
Googleme, yes this years draft could be a bright spot, but a big reason it turned out so well was because of who they drafted #1. That allowed them to pay over slot for picks later on in the draft.
Prov
“The problem is the fans keep filling the seats so he has no incentive to change his losing player acquisition strategy. Pitching wins championships.”
I have never understood that comment.
So you are saying punish Moreno by punishing ourselves? Stop going to games and enjoying the fact that we are watching great athletes play a game we all wish we could have done as our career?
1972 – Yes. My cheap analogy: If you always go to the same burger place for burgers, which you love, but the place you keep going to serves up crappy burgers, eventually you find another place to get burgers. The owner has to improve their product or risk the financial consequences. The Dodgers play 35 minutes up the 5. There’s your option for a better burger.
Prov – 35 minutes up the road? Maybe at 2am on a Tuesday!
1972 – Ha! True, but it’s a much better tasting burger!
sorry…not drinking that blue kool-aid
Besides, I think I look a lot better in a red baseball cap.
No need to apologize. Just pointing out we have options if you choose to take them.
A burger is not part of my identity. The Angels have been a part of my identity since I started developing memories. Any fan that leaves them is not an Angel fan.
That said, bandwagon fans, who come and go, do leave, And I think that’s healthy. It forces the team to put in an effort or those bandwagon fans will leave.
Right, Halo, it was a silly analogy.
I would rather make the trek down south if I was going to watch a game. Much nicer ballpark, much nice drive, much nicer area.
I may be a bit biased but I still really think “The Big A’ is a great ballpark. I have seen games in a lot of stadiums (San Diego (x2), LA, SF (x2), Oakland, Seattle (x2), Phoenix, Arlington (x2), Minnesota (x2) Milwaukee, Chicago (both) St Louis (x2) Philly, and KC. Of those KC and Wrigley stood out as special places. But I still have a preference for the Big A over all of them.
Prov – made me go to In N Out for lunch today.
I love In N Out. Or as my brother likes to say…Stop N Wait.
I am happy to report that In N Out is moving their HQ ten minutes from my house here in Tennessee and opening three restaurants simultaneously by the end of the year.
Agree 100%. Until Moreno pays for pitching, the Halos will be stuck in neutral (or reverse).
Pitching is not going to do this team any good.
They are only above the top twenty in fWAR at one position….LF., and that was 11th.
Look at the 75 Angels, Ryan, Tannana and Figueroa ment nothing. They still lost 89 games. It takes a team. Two free agent pitchers, even if you got to pick them in hindsight, would have meant nothing.
Especially with this horrible defense.
I normally don’t correct spelling or grammatical errors, because god knows I make plenty.
BUT!….
It is Tanana.
Sorry but he was one of my favs growing up. Had his autograph on a Topps 75 card.
No issue at all. You did it very well.
I loved Tanana as well. Maybe the best Angel interview of all time.
I loved how he revamped his career post elbow issues.
Great player, great attitude, great person.
Even if the Angels stink I will watch more games and go to more games if they have pitchers I want to see. That is called a “draw.” It is that simple. Who do they have now starting pitching-wise that I look forward to seeing? None. Haven’t since Weaver.
@Rexhulder86
Unlike someone else on here.
I agree with you. Pitching WILL HELP!
Is it the end all be all, no. but, if you add pitching depth and allow this team to grow and mature together, the result will speak for themselves.
1972. Go back in hindsight to December 2021. Sign any two pitchers. 1) who are they. 2) How much would they have cost. 3). With the low positional rankings I pointed out, how would they have helped.
My guess is we’d be even more messed up. And that’s in hindsight.
That is a loaded question, and I assume you know that.
The Angels were immediately handcuffed by the Rendon signing the year prior. The Angels have not been able to fill that hole ever since that signing.
But for the sake of this one….
I think signing both Verlander and Scherzer back then to short term contracts would have changed the trajectory of where the Angels are now.
It’s only loaded because even in hindsight you can’t pick two pitchers that would help this team who were top of the line pitchers.
And the two you mentioned wouldn’t have helped the team this year, or then. And aren’t you advocating spending big money on pitching.
My position, when your team is awful, it’s foolish to spend big money on pitching. The first order of business is fix the core.
And Minasian has been here five years. He had a chance to draft good pitching. He didn’t.
Loaded because no matter how I answered you already had a way of defending yourself.
Like I said, I assumed you knew it was loaded.
How do you know they would not have helped this years team? They probably would have changed who the team signed, who was managing, and had the Angels made the playoffs in any of those years, people would not be complaining to the degree they are right now.
Lastly, not once have I said spend big money on pitching. I am saying spend smartly on pitching.
The Angels need a lot more than pitching. They cannot score runs. They are terrible at situational hitting. Fail to make productive outs. Their plate discipline was worst in the majors; they led MLB in strikeouts and were in the bottom third in walks.
Not to mention that they can’t field and lack the fundamentals.
They have no depth, as soon as injuries hit them, they fall apart as they have nothing in the minors. Their lineup over the last month resembled more like a spring training split squad lineup.
No one is disputing that they don’t have many holes.
But they do have a good young core to build around and adding pitching seems to be the most logical step in the progression towards building a better team.
I’m not so sure that they have a “good” young core. They have a decent core but besides Neto, I’m not sure that you could call Schanuel or O’Hoppe “good”.
I love Schanuel’s plate discipline and ability to get on base, but he must become a .300 hitter or at least hit for more power to be considered good. Christian Moore is unproven – time will tell. O’Hoppe had a very disappointing season. He might be a .220 catcher with 20+ HR power, that’s not good, but not bad either. Just average.
We can drop the adjective preceding core, it does not matter to me.
The fact that they have something to build around is a start.
I agree about Schanuel, What I don’t understand is why many people preached be patient with Adell and yet have zero patience when it comes to Schanuel and Moore.
O’Hoppe did regress but that can be corrected easily.
Hey guys I love this convo, just a couple things to add…something to build on: Angels were 4th overall in HR, nothing to shake a stick at…and in regards to signing two pitchers, look what signing two modest free agent pitchers Lugo and Wacha did for turning around the Royals considerably in 2024….was a modest win & positive uplift in vibes for them…
Good point!
Some of the smallest tweaks can make the biggest differences.
And next to last in OBP, makes for a bunch of solo HRs.
Wish list
Mike Scioscia – manager
Bud Black – pitching coach
Albert Puljos – bench coach
Chone Figgins = 1st base coach
Darin Erstad – 3rd base coach
Bengi Molina – catcher/ bullpen coach
Garret Anderson as hitting coach. I think Erstad would make a better 1B coach.
I liked how Erstad navigated the bases which is why I felt 3rd base coach, but him anywhere on the coaching staff is a plus.
Yes GA and Salmon as co-coaches
I am going to restate a post I made earlier on a different thread.
Let me say this first
Addiction is horrible and a lifetime ban for that is not the solution for any person in MLB. They have established wonderful assistance programs to help players. I hope they have the same things for coaches and management around the league
I wish the best for Washington. He should have never been hired but he is a very well respected man around the league and the players love him. What I am hoping for that this was a decision made with a mutual understanding between the Angels and Wash and his medical team it was made for his long term health in mind and his family. If that is the case then I would hold no ill will to anyone in the Angels organization
Now on to my repost
Let me give you the Angels offseason. Save you all the time for baseball writers and everyone else. I am amending this
1. Hire either Bud Black or someone from the Braves organization or with ties to Atlanta
2. Sign to bottom of the rotation, arms and convince us that they have Frontline starter stuff.
3. Sign two bench players who hit 277 six years ago now they can barely hit 200 with absolutely no power.
4. Trade for an outfielder who had some power signed an inflated contract now the team that he’s on is desperate to get rid and he hits for no average and strikes out 30% of the time. IE Solar
5. Trade for a player from the Atlanta Braves.
6. Sign a backup catcher who can’t hit can’t throw out runners, but according to the angels is great with the pitching staff.
7. Perry will rebuild the bullpen for the sixth straight season and bring relievers with ERA over six.
8. Tell us that they’ve made competitive offers with every single top free agent.
9. Tell us that Rendón will be 100% healthy and is ready to have a monster season and contribute like a good teammate.
10. Overpay for a free agent who had a couple of hot months.
11. Continue to be laughing stock and raise beer prices again.
But for everybody out there, please do me a favor and enjoy the 26 season because after that, we are not going to see baseball for a long time thank you LA Dodgers for that
“But for everybody out there, please do me a favor and enjoy the 26 season because after that, we are not going to see baseball for a long time thank you LA Dodgers for that”
How about you do all of US a favor and stick to soccer, ref.
Has any other team had more turnover at manager the last 7 years?
Bob Melvin on line 1
Hire someone from the 2002 World Series team to attempt to rekindle that magic.
My guess is either Tim Salmon, David Eckstein or Darin Erstad.
In 1975 the Angels had Ryan, Tannana and Figueroa, filling out a four man staff. They also had Hall of Fame manager Williams.
They still lost 89 games. Pitching helps, but with this team’s starting eight, they have no chance.
I hope the Angels don’t hire a manager before the GM and owner are addressed. Once a manager is hired, things will be locked, and it will be another long season.
We called it Tannana then Ryan then three days of crying
Figueroa was very good. And back then it was a four man staff.
After they traded Figueroa and Rivers (slap forehead) for Bonds, it became Ryan and Tannana and two days of crying.
You don’t even have to go that far. Just look at the early ‘90s Angels with Langston, Finley and Abbott.
Maybe they could bring the Rally Monkey out of retirement or back from the dead Pet Cemetery style to manage. At least it(he? they? her?) would bring some laughs & hilarious dance moves while the franchise remains Mid under Moreno’s Jerrah Jones-esque ownership.
Ewwww-wah-ah-ah-ah….
Please no Pujols for manager.
nothing will change until arte is gone.
Considered Moreno is pushing 80 and this team is years away from competing no matter who owns or runs the team, duh.
This has been the problem for about 20 years. Not just since he’s pushing 80, right? Duh.
Just saying, Arte will be gone soon.
The new manager better not be some Perry mouthpiece. Look in house(Pujols, Hunter, even Erstad) or get someone who will dramatically turn this team around in a huge way. We need a culture shift badly.
If Minasian isn’t coming back, who made this decision? I don’t know if you could call this a ‘firing’. Washington’s contract was up. The Angels had an option thy could have exercised, but they decided against, although Washington apparenly wanted to return. Washington was the oldest manager in the majors at 73. With Melvin and Bochy let go, there are only three major league managers in their 60s. While bypass surgery is incredibly successful, a high stress, high travel job like baseball manager isn’t ideal. Under the circumstances, this probably appears a little cruel to Washington, but with so many other managerial openings (TEX,MIN,WASH,SF,BAL,COL), Angels likely felt they couldn’t wait to start recruiting.
Good luck Wash. Wish you the best in health and the years ahead of you. Despite the criticism, and the focus on your past it appears that you had the ship sailing in the right direction despite not having a great roster or a deep and talented pitching staff. I believe that you played a role in developing Adell to a point that he started to become a contributer. I have no issues with your performance as the skipper. You can only work with what you have to work with.
Not bringing you back is clearly the right choice here. The team needs stability, a skipper that can endure the rigorous traveling without the risk of further health concerns, or losingthe manager midway through the season.
As far as the Angels… I am exhausted by the bashing, especially on Minasian. It took years to tear this organization down and it will take years to rebuild it. So if it’s a new GM, a new manager, a new base coach or a new bench coach it doesn’t matter. Who ever gets put into whatever role will be blamed, flamed and tossed to the curbside for the foreseeable future. I still believe that Minasian has done more good than wrong to jump start this team. As an organization the best thing that they can do is employ some consistency. Musical managers is a joke. Who ever it is I hope it’s someone who sticks, and that ownership/management recognize that this continued upheaval does not deflect from who is actually to blame here.
Angels need to rebuild badly more than other team.
Besides Trout, Soler and Kikuchi, they are a relatively young team. They’ve been semi-rebuilding over the past few years.
Kenley Jansen, Tyler Anderson, Rengifo, Moncada, Chris Taylor, Chafin, and Luis Garcia are all free agents. And might bring back a couple of these guys on short-term deals.
I love this quote from Wash when asked about them not extending his contract —
“You know, when you’re a competitor, and you’re in charge, none of that stuff comes into play,” Washington told The Athletic. “Sometimes you’ve got to make chicken salad out of chicken s—.”
How about AI manager for the first time ever.
If Buck Showalter still wants it I say let him. What not Young old, ex-Angel, outsider, players coach, serious coach, we’ve had em all. Still won’t matter.
I didn’t think Artie Moreno could see anymore He had glaucoma or was that Rita Moreno
Angels should hire Eddie Bane as GM. I’d have a lot more faith in his ability to turn around the franchise and absolutely have better drafts than they did under Perry.
Bring him back to Texas
I’ve always appreciated Wash’s baseball knowledge and wisdom. I think he did about as good as a manager could, given the ongoing dumpster fire that is the Angels organization.
Thanks and best wishes moving forward!
After the health issues he just had, its no surprise that Wash is retiring. Like me, I think that most angels fans are not at all unhappy that Montgomery will not be back. The team did not respond to him at all.
Wash has stated he would like to continue to manage or coach.
Gm need to go to
It was more of a successful season than an “unsuccessful” one especially when the return of Fish Man to being the best player in MLB, the rise and surge of Teodosio (thanks largely to the support of Fish Man), the true arrival of Addell, very bright spots in the pitching staff, Neto, loyalty, intangibles, fan experience, etc are taken into account. A more successful season than not., despite their “record”.
What are you smoking?
On a positive note, they badly need a get on base steal a base lead off hitter and they just might have one in Nelson Rada. Only 20 but the kid looks like the future centerfielder.
A solid baseball guy, sad to see him go, hoping he stays healthy…
Headline needs to be Angels have new owner for 2026! As long as Artie owns the team the team will remain at the bottom of the AL West.
Brian Snitker is suddenly available.
When the Angels were flirting with .500 in June, their run differential was -50. A fall in the second half was inevitable. One thing I think they should do is raise the talent level at AAA. When the injuries pile up toward the end of the season, they just seem to be running on fumes in September. It’s happened the last three seasons.
Their AAA team is in the PCL so I believe the real player development is at the AA level. With that said, I agree that they should be more aggressive with DFA waiver wire claims and stash them in AAA.
Braves need to bring him and EY back at 1st and 3rd coaching. We need to bring back that culture we had because it’s very much gone and the decline lines up with their departure
Arte. Moreno tried calling Ron about his decision before the last game of the season but since cell phones weren’t allowed in the dugout, he couldn’t reach him.
Washington is a terrible coach. period
“Meanwhile” has to START the sentence. Not come in the middle between commas.