{"id":244683,"date":"2025-10-22T23:20:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/244683\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T23:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T23:20:13","slug":"the-telling-reason-behind-angels-manager-kurt-suzukis-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/244683\/","title":{"rendered":"The telling reason behind Angels manager Kurt Suzuki&#8217;s contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kurt Suzuki might be <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/21\/sports\/angels-naming-kurt-suzuki-new-manager-after-albert-pujols-talks-fizzled\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the new skipper in town for the Angels<\/a>, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s getting a long leash. <\/p>\n<p>In fact, he\u2019s getting a uniquely short one. <\/p>\n<p>Suzuki was officially tapped by Los Angeles on Wednesday to become its next manager, though in a highly unusual move, he\u2019s only getting a one-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main reasons? General manager Perry Minasian has just one year left on his contract, meaning the two will be viewed together and that their Angels futures will likely be determined on if this season is a success or not. What defines success for a team without a winning season since 2015 remains unclear. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37456616\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/MT1USATODAY27391591-1366151843-3.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki, left, receives his jersey from general manager Perry Minasian during a press conference at Angel Stadium.\" class=\"wp-image-37456616\"  \/>Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki, left, receives his jersey from general manager Perry Minasian during a press conference at Angel Stadium. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s tied in with me,\u201d Minasian told reporters Wednesday, according to the Orange County Register.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamBlum3\/status\/1981098849004638594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Athletic\u2019s Sam Blum<\/a> also noted that it\u2019s possible owner Arte Moreno does not want to pay for a manager in 2027 \u2014 when there is a potential labor stoppage looming \u2014 if he doesn\u2019t need to.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37456614\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20251022_jla_yq4_374.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki speaks during a press conference at Angel Stadium. \" class=\"wp-image-37456614\"  \/>Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki speaks during a press conference at Angel Stadium.  William Liang-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The move to hire Suzuki comes weeks after the Angels dumped both manager Ron Washington and interim Ray Montgomery after a 72-90 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Angels had been in talks with <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/11\/sports\/albert-pujols-remains-angels-first-choice-in-manager-search\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">three-time MVP Albert Pujols as their \u201cfirst choice\u201d<\/a> to take over the role, but <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/20\/sports\/albert-pujols-angels-break-off-manager-talks-as-padres-orioles-loom\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman reported<\/a> this week that talks broke down between the two sides as differences emerged. <\/p>\n<p>Now, they\u2019ll have a former catcher of 16 years \u2014 two of which came with the Angels \u2014 to lead their team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Suzuki, who has no big league coaching or managing experience, served as a special assistant to Minasian for the last three years. He has a lofty challenge ahead of him, as the Angels have reached the playoffs since 2014 and have not attained 80 wins in a season since the 2018 campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kurt Suzuki might be the new skipper in town for the Angels, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244684,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[134018,2322,363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-244683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-arte-moreno","9":"tag-los-angeles-angels","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}