Key Points
- The Angels fired general manager Perry Minasian on Friday
- John Mozeliak, the former Cardinals president of baseball operations, takes over as interim GM
- Mozeliak's official title is baseball operations consultant
- He will run day-to-day operations and help lead the search for a permanent GM
The Los Angeles Angels have moved on from the architect of one of baseball's longest playoff droughts. The team fired general manager Perry Minasian on Friday, ending a tenure in which the franchise never finished a season above .500. Former St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak takes over as interim general manager.
Who's in charge now
Mozeliak — officially titled a baseball operations consultant — will oversee day-to-day baseball operations, refine the team's strategy, and assist in the search for a permanent general manager. He spent nearly two decades building the Cardinals into one of the sport's model franchises, a sharp contrast to the Angels' recent record. It has been an eventful stretch around the league, from on-field clapbacks to a wave of front-office moves — and the Angels just made the biggest off-field call of the week.
The read
Minasian inherited a roster built around Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani and never turned two generational talents into a single postseason appearance — and by the time he was fired, Ohtani, a three-time MVP, was already winning across town with the Dodgers. The firing reads less as a verdict on one executive than on an entire era of Angels baseball, and whether Arte Moreno's ownership is the deeper problem is the question Mozeliak's hire doesn't answer. Bringing in a proven builder, even on an interim basis, signals the Angels finally want adult supervision in the front office. That is the easy part; the hard part is whether anyone can win there.
Source: NBC Sports, Yahoo Sports
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