The Angels are going to have a brand new skipper subsequent 12 months. Sam Blum of The Athletic stories that neither supervisor Ron Washington nor interim supervisor Ray Montgomery will return as supervisor in 2026.
The Halos employed Washington as their skipper forward of the 2024 season, a two-year cope with a membership possibility for 2026. After a 63-99 exhibiting final 12 months, he started 2025 again in that job. In June, it was reported that he needed to step away from the membership indefinitely as a result of an unspecified well being concern, with Montgomery shifting from his bench coach function to take over as interim supervisor. Shortly thereafter, it was introduced that Washington would keep on depart for the rest of the season.
In August, Washington revealed that he had undergone a quadruple bypass to take away blockages from his coronary heart valves. He mentioned the well being scare prompted him to stop smoking and make different life-style enhancements. He additionally mentioned he anticipated to be totally cleared medically in December and hoped to be again within the dugout subsequent 12 months.
It appears the Angels produce other plans, nevertheless, and might be making a change. The membership didn’t carry out particularly properly underneath both supervisor. They have been 36-38 when Washington started his depart however, as talked about, they nearly misplaced 100 video games final 12 months. They completed this season with a 72-90 file. In fact, a supervisor can solely work with the roster they’re given, so it’s up for debate whether or not the membership’s lack of success has something to do with Washington or Montgomery.
Blum provides that it’s unclear if basic supervisor Perry Minasian will return. He’s signed by 2026 with a membership possibility for 2027. Minasian first bought the gig in November of 2020. Throughout his tenure, the membership has flirted with aggressive baseball however has at all times come up brief. They gained 77 video games in 2021 however dropped to 73 wins in every of the subsequent two seasons. As talked about, they dropped to 63 final 12 months. Attending to 72 wins in 2025 was technically an enchancment over final 12 months but it surely was solely a return to the identical unsatisfactory degree of the previous campaigns.
In time, extra must be revealed concerning the membership’s plan. They are going to a minimum of have to conduct a managerial search. Whether or not that search is carried out by Minasian or another person stays to be seen. If he’s eliminated, then a entrance workplace search will possible be carried out earlier than the managerial search. Washington and Montgomery, in the meantime, will presumably be in search of new teaching gigs elsewhere.
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